Re: [PATCH][RSDL-mm 0/7] RSDL cpu scheduler for 2.6.21-rc3-mm2

Mike Galbraith
2007-03-12T08:44:57Z

On Mon, 2007-03-12 at 18:48 +1100, Con Kolivas wrote:
>
> Just a couple of questions;
>
> The X/Gforce case; do they alternate cpu between them? By that I mean when
> they're the only thing running does the cpu load summate to 1 or does it
> summate to 2?

They're each on their own cpu (sibling). Oh, you mean does one wake the
other? If so, yeah, I believe so. I instrumented wakeups a (long)
while back, looking into keeping heavy cpu visualizations smooth, and
iirc, X was waking it.

> Gforce presumably is a 3d visualisation? Do you use one of the graphics card
> drivers listed that uses yield?

No, GL/DRI here. I'm using a Radeon X850Pro (R480), and for GL/DRI I'd
have to load the proprietary driver.

-Mike