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Date:      Sat, 8 May 2010 14:44:15 -0700
From:      Kip Macy <kip.macy@gmail.com>
To:        Brandon Gooch <jamesbrandongooch@gmail.com>
Cc:        bf1783@gmail.com, alc@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Recent sys/vm/ changes and nvidia-driver
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On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 2:39 PM, Brandon Gooch
<jamesbrandongooch@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 4:20 PM, b. f. <bf1783@googlemail.com> wrote:
>> On 05/08/10 13:36, Alan Cox wrote:
>>> Doug Barton wrote:
>>>> On 05/05/10 11:56, Alan Cox wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I'm afraid that I would advise waiting a few days. =A0This round of
>>>>> changes
>>>>> are not yet complete.
>>
>> What performance differences, if any, can we expect on uniprocessors
>> from the vm page lock-related changes? Kip's original post on -arch
>> mentioned some performance improvements and no significant
>> regressions, but on a dual 4-core machine.
>
> Alan (or Kip): Is there a document available that describes the work
> being done on the VM system?
>
> I would like to -- or like make and attempt to -- read such a document...
>
> Hey b. f., to which post on -arch are you referring?

there is no document. The basic idea is straightforward, but there are
some unpleasant edges to cope with.

http://www.mavetju.org/mail/view_message.php?list=3Dfreebsd-arch&id=3D31552=
60&thread=3Dno

-Kip



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