From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262813AbTJTV7q (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Oct 2003 17:59:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262805AbTJTV7q (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Oct 2003 17:59:46 -0400 Received: from svr-ganmtc-appserv-mgmt.ncf.coxexpress.com ([24.136.46.5]:19976 "EHLO svr-ganmtc-appserv-mgmt.ncf.coxexpress.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262813AbTJTV7o (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Oct 2003 17:59:44 -0400 Subject: Re: preempt patches and such for amd64? From: Robert Love To: markh@compro.net Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <3F943A6D.5863749A@compro.net> References: <3F943A6D.5863749A@compro.net> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1066687188.21731.19.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 (1.4.5-5) Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 17:59:48 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 2003-10-20 at 15:41, Mark Hounschell wrote: > Are the preempt, low latency, and cpu affinity patches applicable to the amd-64 > platform running in native 64 bit mode? I would also like to know the same about > the O(1) scheduler patches. If not, will/does the 2.6 kernel implement these for > amd-64? The CPU affinity system call, the preemptive kernel, and the O(1) scheduler are all available for x86-64 on 2.6. I don't think any of the patches have been ported to 2.4, although the CPU affinity system call would be trivial to get working. Robert Love