> > - metrics -- L1 cacheline size is the important one: you align array
...
> Anyone can give me some pointers on how this is done runtime ? (name of
> the .c file is fine).
kernel/sched.c:aligned_data. as mentioned elsewhere,
the correct alignment is not necessarily L1 linesize.
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> - metrics -- L1 cacheline size is the important one: you align array
> elements to this size when you want a per-cpu array, so that multiple
> CPUs do not share a cacheline for accessing their "own" structure.
> Proper alignment avoids "cacheline ping-pong", as it's called,
> whenever t
On 2000-12-12T12:26:26,
Alan Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> > And thus it follows that 2.2.18 is the least buggy kernel ever, since
> > it has gotten the most bug fixes.
> >
> > Right? (:
> Hopefully not.
I _do_ hope that 2.2.18 is the least buggy kernel ever... Why do you hope
otherwise? ;
> - maybe they'll need to patch lm_sensors to accommodate the increased
> temperature range since the P4 runs so hot. (: (:
Also there is a new 'rep nop' instruction that means 'short pause' and is
used in spinlocks.
Alan
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> And thus it follows that 2.2.18 is the least buggy kernel ever, since
> it has gotten the most bug fixes.
>
> Right? (:
Hopefully not.
Remove
arch/m68k
arch/arm
include/asm-m68k
include/asm-arm
drivers/usb
drivers/char/agp
drivers/char/
On Mon, Dec 11, 2000 at 09:30:37PM -0600, Paul Fulghum wrote:
> From: "Alan Cox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Linux 2.2.18 Release Notes
>
> patch-2.2.18.tar.gz size=2.9MBytes
Ehrm?! A tar'ed-up patch?! You didn't mean something like:
3049653
Peter Samuelson wrote:
>
> [AC]
> > > ... added basic support for the Pentium IV.
> [Android]
> > How is the Pentium IV more advanced than the Pentium III, other than
> > speed? Why would LInux care about a 1500 MHz clock or 400 MHz bus
> > speed? Just treat the PIV as a faster PIII
[AC]
> > ... added basic support for the Pentium IV.
[Android]
> How is the Pentium IV more advanced than the Pentium III, other than
> speed? Why would LInux care about a 1500 MHz clock or 400 MHz bus
> speed? Just treat the PIV as a faster PIII.
It all sounds so simple, right? Se
> ... added basic support for the Pentium IV. Unfortunately Intel
chose to
> ignore all precedent in model numbering via cpuid and report a
> family of '15'. This sudden jump broke assumptions in the
> kernel tree without any warning. Intel have failed to p
[Paul Fulghum]
> from my scanning of the kernel archives, this is the *all time*
> largest kernel patch (including 2.3/2.4 patches).
And thus it follows that 2.2.18 is the least buggy kernel ever, since
it has gotten the most bug fixes.
Right? (:
Peter
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From: "Alan Cox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Linux 2.2.18 Release Notes
patch-2.2.18.tar.gz size=2.9MBytes
from my scanning of the kernel archives, this is the *all time*
largest kernel patch (including 2.3/2.4 patches).
Go team :-)
Paul Fulghum
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Linux 2.2.18 Release Notes
Platforms:Alpha, M68K, PowerPC, S/390, Sparc, X86
Introduction
Linux 2.2.18 is the latest update to the Linux kernel tree. The out of
the box tree supports the Alpha, PPC, Sparc and X86 platforms. MIPS
and ARM are mostly merged but you should
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