Re: polling's future [was: Re: Dynamic Ticks/HZ]

From: Chuck Burns <break19_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2012 06:31:48 -0600
On Tuesday, November 06, 2012 12:36:46 PM Andre Oppermann wrote:
> On 06.11.2012 12:30, Luigi Rizzo wrote:
> > On Tue, Nov 06, 2012 at 11:23:34AM +0100, Andre Oppermann 
wrote:
> > ...
> > 
> >> Hi Luigi,
> >> 
> >> do you agree on polling having outlived its usefulness in the light
> >> of interrupt moderating NIC's and SMP 
complications/disadvantages?
> > 
> > yes, we should let it rest in peace.
> 
> Thank you for this non-complicated answer. :-)
> 

I worry about what happens for those people who would be running 
FreeBSD on older equipment where polling might still make sense.

Do we throw them under the bus?

-- 
Chuck Burns
Received on Tue Nov 06 2012 - 11:30:51 UTC

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