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From: Matthew Wilcox <willy-8fiUuRrzOP0dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
To: "Grover, Andrew" <andrew.grover-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Pavel Machek <pavel-+ZI9xUNit7I@public.gmane.org>,
	acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: Re: Re: DSDT in initrd
Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 22:46:09 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030528214609.GR15709@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <F760B14C9561B941B89469F59BA3A84725A2C3-sBd4vmA9Se4Lll3ZsUKC9FDQ4js95KgL@public.gmane.org>

On Wed, May 28, 2003 at 01:27:40PM -0700, Grover, Andrew wrote:
> I'm trying to understand how for example a hi-perf nic driver
> performs the same when modularized but subarch stuff wouldn't, when I'm
> assuming it would just be like a "driver" for the particular
> peculiarities of the platform.

A common fallacy.  There's a noticable performance loss when a driver
is compiled as a module, and it mostly has to do with the fact that
drivers are loaded into vmalloc space so they consume TLBs (rather than
being part of the kernel's 4MB mapping).

-- 
"It's not Hollywood.  War is real, war is primarily not about defeat or
victory, it is about death.  I've seen thousands and thousands of dead bodies.
Do you think I want to have an academic debate on this subject?" -- Robert Fisk


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  parent reply	other threads:[~2003-05-28 21:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-05-28 20:27 Re: Re: DSDT in initrd Grover, Andrew
     [not found] ` <F760B14C9561B941B89469F59BA3A84725A2C3-sBd4vmA9Se4Lll3ZsUKC9FDQ4js95KgL@public.gmane.org>
2003-05-28 20:36   ` Pavel Machek
2003-05-28 21:46   ` Matthew Wilcox [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2003-05-28 18:31 Grover, Andrew
     [not found] ` <F760B14C9561B941B89469F59BA3A847E96EE6-sBd4vmA9Se4Lll3ZsUKC9FDQ4js95KgL@public.gmane.org>
2003-05-28 19:01   ` Pavel Machek
2003-05-22  7:48 Grover, Andrew
     [not found] ` <F760B14C9561B941B89469F59BA3A84725A2B3-sBd4vmA9Se4Lll3ZsUKC9FDQ4js95KgL@public.gmane.org>
2003-05-22  8:04   ` Mark Santcroos
     [not found]     ` <20030522080420.GA634-ScjxTogt4I4lGuH5DXb43w@public.gmane.org>
2003-05-24  4:51       ` M. Warner Losh
2003-05-22 11:40   ` Alan Cox
     [not found]     ` <1053603651.2541.10.camel-2MMpYkNvuYAXoXS6vNje7nviChZXdy279dF7HbQ/qKg@public.gmane.org>
2003-05-22 13:31       ` Ducrot Bruno
     [not found]         ` <20030522133132.GJ346-kk6yZipjEM5g9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>
2003-05-22 16:07           ` Russell Coker
2003-05-24  7:32   ` Pavel Machek

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