From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx1-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.11] helo=sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AWKmr-0000yq-UF for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 16 Dec 2003 11:23:17 -0800 Received: from tektonic.net ([69.56.241.195] helo=unix.easyadmin ident=qmailr) by sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net with smtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AWKmr-00023p-Jc for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 16 Dec 2003 11:23:17 -0800 Subject: Re: [uml-devel] uml-patch-2.4.22-7 From: Matt Ayres In-Reply-To: <200312161653.hBGGrDkS002312@ccure.user-mode-linux.org> References: <200312161653.hBGGrDkS002312@ccure.user-mode-linux.org> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1071602585.3374.27.camel@wopr.tektonic.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: user-mode-linux-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: user-mode-linux-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: The user-mode Linux development list List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 14:23:06 -0500 To: Jeff Dike Cc: user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Couple questions regarding these features (i'm fairly new to using UML so I haven't been tracking the list for long) On Tue, 2003-12-16 at 11:53, Jeff Dike wrote: > This is another sizable set of changes. The major items in it are > Sapan's real-time clock patch - this allows UML to sleep accurately, > assuming enough idle cycles on the host Is there a thread that I can be pointed to or a brief explanation of how this is a benefit? > it will now use /dev/anon if it's present on the host, which it won't > be until I release that patch, which will be fairly soon. In conjunction with > ubd-mmap, I'm seeing ~25% host memory use reduction. > ubd-mmap is new behavior that doesn't need to be enabled? (meaning, just upgrade to -7 and we'll seen some better performance using the block device) ? Do you know how much performance is gained from ubd-mmap and /dev/anon individually? ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials. Become an expert in LINUX or just sharpen your skills. Sign up for IBM's Free Linux Tutorials. Learn everything from the bash shell to sys admin. Click now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1278&alloc_id=3371&op=click _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-devel mailing list User-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-devel