RE: [patch][rfc] acpi: do not use kmem caches

Moore, Robert
2008-12-01T17:32:42Z

It essentially already is, with a compile-time switch.

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>From: Andi Kleen [mailto:andi@firstfloor.org]
>Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 9:31 AM
>To: Moore, Robert
>Cc: Alexey Starikovskiy; Nick Piggin; Pekka Enberg; Linux Memory Management
>List; linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org; lenb@kernel.org
>Subject: Re: [patch][rfc] acpi: do not use kmem caches
>
>"Moore, Robert" <robert.moore@intel.com> writes:
>
>> As I recall, the ACPICA local cache greatly improves performance of the
>iASL compiler and AcpiExec on Windows (for BIOS writers, iASL on Windows is
>most important).
>>
>
>Perhaps it would be a possibility to isolate the cache in a special layer
>that is only compiled in for Windows?
>
>-Andi
>
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