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Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 13:58:39 -0800 From: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org> To: Mark Lord <lkml@....ca> Cc: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@...oo.com.au>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: CONFIG_IRQBALANCE for 64-bit x86 ? On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:02:43 -0500 Mark Lord <lkml@....ca> wrote: > .. > > Well, for my dualCore notebook, dualCore MythTV box, and QuadCore > desktop, the behaviour of the existing, working, 32-bit kernel > IRQBALANCE code outperforms the userspace utility. > > Mostly, I suspect, due to it's much faster response to changing > conditions. That's something the external one could try to match, but > at present it seems tuned specifically for high-traffic network > servers, not for the average notebook or desktop. I'd really like to see what it's doing before commenting on this; at minimum can you give me the /proc/interrupts of the system? It might a simple bug or simple missing item, not a total "scratch the full system". -- If you want to reach me at my work email, use arjan@...ux.intel.com For development, discussion and tips for power savings, visit http://www.lesswatts.org - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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