Ostrovsky, Boris wrote:
> I would like to propose creation of a new project titled "Solaris
> Enhancements for AMD-based Platforms".
> 
> The project will address various features that are specific to platforms
> based on AMD processors, such as
>       - IOMMU support
>       - NUMA topology, particularly how it affects IO performance
>       - Observability (performance counters, instruction-based
> sampling)
>       - Power management
>       - RAS features
>       - New instruction support, new CPUID features
> 
> Since what's described above covers fairly diverse range of subjects,
> the proposed project will serve as an umbrella for sub-projects, each of
> them covering a particular area related to improving Solaris behavior on
> systems built around AMD processors (as well as chipsets and graphics
> components)
> 
> I think this project would be of interest to a number of OpenSolaris
> communities but I am asking the performance community for sponsorship as
> it appears to be the most relevant. 
> 


+1

=- Bart


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Bart Smaalders                  Solaris Kernel Performance
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