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Thanks for collecting the patches. Very handy. |
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Quoth Kerin Millar (on Wednesday, the 3rd of August): |
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> Hi folks. |
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> Another interesting point that is not mentioned above is that reducing |
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> the timer frequency can significantly help to reduce time drift |
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> (particularly on "real" SMP systems where this effect may be even more |
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> pronounced). The reason that I am posting is twofold: |
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What do you mean with "real" SMP? |
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Is that real as opposed to fake==Hyperthreading, or real as in "more |
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than a handful of nodes"? |
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> http://www.recruit2recruit.net/kerframil/2.6.12-timing-fixes-rollup.patch |
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> http://www.recruit2recruit.net/kerframil/2.6.12-gentoo-r7-timing-fixes-rollup.patch |
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strangely enough, the gentoo patch applies cleanly to my 2.6.12.3 tree, |
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the other does not. |
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> What I would like is for anyone who is interested to put an alternate |
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> value (100 or 250) to the test (if they are in a position to be able |
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> to do so) and to determine whether there is any clear performance |
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> improvement with their workload. |
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Will report from dual-AthlonXP 1800 system soon. |
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Cheers, |
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Peter G. |
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"I do not think the way you think I think." |
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-- Kai, last of the Brunnen G |
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