From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 8 Aug 2001 15:55:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 8 Aug 2001 15:55:37 -0400 Received: from hq2.fsmlabs.com ([209.155.42.199]:18450 "HELO hq2.fsmlabs.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Wed, 8 Aug 2001 15:55:26 -0400 Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 13:51:43 -0600 From: Victor Yodaiken To: Hubertus Franke Cc: Victor Yodaiken , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] Scalable Scheduling Message-ID: <20010808135143.A8426@hq2> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.18i Organization: FSM Labs Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Aug 08, 2001 at 03:40:00PM -0400, Hubertus Franke wrote: > > We did not modify the UP code at all. There will be NO effects (positive > nor negative) what so ever. Cool. So the obvious next question is How does it compare on a dual to the current Linux scheduler? Obviously: Performance sucks on two processors but scales well would not be a good thing. > > Hubertus Franke > Enterprise Linux Group (Mgr), Linux Technology Center (Member Scalability) > , OS-PIC (Chair) > email: frankeh@us.ibm.com > (w) 914-945-2003 (fax) 914-945-4425 TL: 862-2003 > > > > Victor Yodaiken on 08/08/2001 03:27:55 PM > > To: Mike Kravetz > cc: Linus Torvalds , Hubertus > Franke/Watson/IBM@IBMUS, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] Scalable Scheduling > > > > On Wed, Aug 08, 2001 at 11:28:00AM -0700, Mike Kravetz wrote: > > One challenge will be maintaining the same level of performance > > for UP as in the current code. The current code has #ifdefs to > > How does the "current code" compare to the current Linux UP code? > > > > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/