From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965363AbXCLIo5 (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Mar 2007 04:44:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965352AbXCLIo4 (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Mar 2007 04:44:56 -0400 Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:43863 "HELO mail.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S965363AbXCLIo4 (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Mar 2007 04:44:56 -0400 X-Authenticated: #14349625 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX18xeZIcHQMxYdPO4oEWAsL+kbv7yCqu4ehKrJatOl edcriaN4YpfTGt Subject: Re: [PATCH][RSDL-mm 0/7] RSDL cpu scheduler for 2.6.21-rc3-mm2 From: Mike Galbraith To: Con Kolivas Cc: Ingo Molnar , linux kernel mailing list , ck list , Andrew Morton In-Reply-To: <200703121848.44714.kernel@kolivas.org> References: <200703111457.17624.kernel@kolivas.org> <20070311121038.GA9146@elte.hu> <1173684174.6659.13.camel@Homer.simpson.net> <200703121848.44714.kernel@kolivas.org> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 09:44:46 +0100 Message-Id: <1173689086.6748.13.camel@Homer.simpson.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.8.2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 2007-03-12 at 18:48 +1100, Con Kolivas wrote: > > Just a couple of questions; > > The X/Gforce case; do they alternate cpu between them? By that I mean when > they're the only thing running does the cpu load summate to 1 or does it > summate to 2? They're each on their own cpu (sibling). Oh, you mean does one wake the other? If so, yeah, I believe so. I instrumented wakeups a (long) while back, looking into keeping heavy cpu visualizations smooth, and iirc, X was waking it. > Gforce presumably is a 3d visualisation? Do you use one of the graphics card > drivers listed that uses yield? No, GL/DRI here. I'm using a Radeon X850Pro (R480), and for GL/DRI I'd have to load the proprietary driver. -Mike