Re: Threads being NUMA aware

[Nick Krause <xerofoify@gmail.com>]

On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 11:42 PM, Russell Coker <russell@coker.com.au> wrote:
> On Sun, 3 Aug 2014 22:44:26 Nick Krause wrote:
>> On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 7:48 PM, Russell Coker <russell@coker.com.au> wrote:
>> > Please get yourself a NUMA system and test this out.
>>
>> Unfortunately I don't have money for an extra machine as of now as I
>> am a student
>
> If you can't get an extra machine then you probably can't contribute to
> developing filesystems, and your ability to do any sort of kernel development
> will be greatly limited.  It's probably best that you choose another area of
> software development until you get more hardware (and skill).
>
>> so if x86 is NUMA I can test otherwise I can't.
>
> If you had even read the NUMA Wikipedia page then you would already know the
> answer to this implied question.
>
> But really programming computers isn't something that you are good at.  It's
> not something that you will become good at if you attempt tasks that are way
> above your skill level.  I think that the best strategy for you is to find a
> mailing list for Linux beginners, when your skills get to the level that you
> answer more questions than you ask (and people appreciate your answers) then
> you can move on to easy programming tasks.  Once you master the easy
> programming tasks you can move on to more difficult tasks.
>
> I suggest that you develop a realistic plan.  Plan to start kernel programming
> in 2024 and have a series of goals on that path over the next 10 years.  Make
> your 2015 goal be answering lots of questions on a Linux beginners mailing
> list, that's a goal you can achieve in a year.
>
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After reading the article seems it does and just because I don't have
an extra machine doesn't seem to be an issue so
far.
Regards Nick