Re: Recent sys/vm/ changes and nvidia-driver

From: Kip Macy <kip.macy_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 8 May 2010 14:44:15 -0700
On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 2:39 PM, Brandon Gooch
<jamesbrandongooch_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 4:20 PM, b. f. <bf1783_at_googlemail.com> wrote:
>> On 05/08/10 13:36, Alan Cox wrote:
>>> Doug Barton wrote:
>>>> On 05/05/10 11:56, Alan Cox wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I'm afraid that I would advise waiting a few days.  This round of
>>>>> changes
>>>>> are not yet complete.
>>
>> What performance differences, if any, can we expect on uniprocessors
>> from the vm page lock-related changes? Kip's original post on -arch
>> mentioned some performance improvements and no significant
>> regressions, but on a dual 4-core machine.
>
> Alan (or Kip): Is there a document available that describes the work
> being done on the VM system?
>
> I would like to -- or like make and attempt to -- read such a document...
>
> Hey b. f., to which post on -arch are you referring?

there is no document. The basic idea is straightforward, but there are
some unpleasant edges to cope with.

http://www.mavetju.org/mail/view_message.php?list=freebsd-arch&id=3155260&thread=no

-Kip
Received on Sat May 08 2010 - 20:10:20 UTC

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