Date: Sun, 20 Jul 1997 10:19:15 -0600 From: Steve Passe <smp@csn.net> To: ade@demon.net Cc: smp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADS UP: major timer/APIC code changes. Message-ID: <199707201619.KAA00693@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 20 Jul 1997 17:04:21 BST." <E0wpyT7-00009N-00@genghis.eng.demon.net>
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Hi, > I've been running some tests with recent and week-or-so-old > 3.0-current SMP kernels (ie: before and after the major changes) > > Guess I must be lucky, but I haven't had a single kernel panic, > even under extreme IO conditions (simulated high-intensity news > reading machines), with lots of local disk, network, and NFS > traffic. this is good news. I also have both machines running nicely. The only expected panics are of a static nature during boot when the kernel discovers its missing a necessary APIC connection. No one has reported random panics (knock on silicon) yet. --- > The newer kernels also feel somewhat more responsive under load, > though as yet I don't have any quantitive data to back this > assertion up. I had the same feeling of improvement but figured it was just wishful thinking on my part. Thanx for the report. -- Steve Passe | powered by smp@csn.net | Symmetric MultiProcessor FreeBSD
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