Quoting Michael Butler <imb_at_protected-networks.net> (from Fri, 15 Sep 2006 09:12:52 -0400): > I note in /sys/vm/vm_page.h we have .. > > /* Backward compatibility for existing PQ_*CACHE config options. */ > #if !defined(PQ_CACHESIZE) > #if defined(PQ_HUGECACHE) > #define PQ_CACHESIZE 1024 If you post to current_at_, you should quote code from -current... while the numbers are still the same, the corresponding code has switched to auto-tuning at boot time instead from the the fixed tuning at compile time you presented here. > .. given the ever-increasing availability of L2 cache (even my core duo > laptop has 2MB of unified cache between two cores), are these numbers > now too small? > > Alternatively, are these parameters subject to the laws of diminishing > returns? I was told there are other ways of doing the page coloring which don't depend on such magic numbers which need to be reviewed from time to time. Bye, Alexander. -- I'm sorry I missed. -- Squeaky Fromme http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander _at_ Leidinger.net: PGP ID = B0063FE7 http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild _at_ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID = 72077137Received on Fri Sep 15 2006 - 12:10:11 UTC
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