Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2002 22:33:55 +0200 From: Morten Rodal <morten@rodal.no> To: David Schultz <dschultz@uclink.Berkeley.EDU> Cc: kpieckiel@smartrafficenter.org, Bosko Milekic <bmilekic@unixdaemons.com>, Mario Pranjic <mario.pranjic@irb.hr>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SMP kernel: FreeBSD vs. Linux 2.4.x Message-ID: <20020809203355.GE6050@slurp.rodal.no> In-Reply-To: <20020809171743.GB290@HAL9000.homeunix.com> References: <Pine.GSO.4.32.0208091409570.6242-100000@nippur.irb.hr> <20020809091008.A87124@unixdaemons.com> <20020809164411.GC78503@pacer.dmz.smartrafficenter.org> <20020809171743.GB290@HAL9000.homeunix.com>
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--d9ADC0YsG2v16Js0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Aug 09, 2002 at 10:17:43AM -0700, David Schultz wrote: > Unix was originally designed for uniprocessor systems. > Consequently, some assumptions were made that are reasonable and > result in lower locking overhead for uniprocessors, but that > aren't valid for multiprocessors. >=20 > http://www.lemis.com/~grog/SMPng/USENIX/ >=20 > > Second, what are KSEs? >=20 > cf. Scheduler Activations: >=20 > http://citeseer.nj.nec.com/anderson92scheduler.html >=20 How does this compare to the approach NetBSD is taking? The docs above helped, but I am still a bit puzzled. http://daily.daemonnews.org/view_story.php3?story_id=3D2969 --=20 Morten Rodal // // PGP ID 2D75595B // 22DE D67A 1AEA EF94 872A 9384 6D67 B50B 2D75 595B // --d9ADC0YsG2v16Js0 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE9VCczbWe1Cy11WVsRAreFAKDJpK7nJa0uKJ2mq+gwzKdKuT0fOgCgzRlQ PhPBvQjpiZ2KwNMpgstyx1s= =v66A -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --d9ADC0YsG2v16Js0-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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