From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261469AbTICHip (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Sep 2003 03:38:45 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261484AbTICHip (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Sep 2003 03:38:45 -0400 Received: from adsl-63-194-239-202.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net ([63.194.239.202]:43791 "EHLO mmp-linux.matchmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261469AbTICHio (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Sep 2003 03:38:44 -0400 Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 00:38:58 -0700 From: Mike Fedyk To: John Bradford Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, lm@bitmover.com Subject: Re: Scaling noise Message-ID: <20030903073858.GB15765@matchmail.com> Mail-Followup-To: John Bradford , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, lm@bitmover.com References: <200309030710.h837AXnR000500@81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200309030710.h837AXnR000500@81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 08:10:33AM +0100, John Bradford wrote: > boxes, but no Linux image will run on more than $smallnum virtual > CPUs. Which is exactly what Larry is advocating. Essencially, instead of having one large image covering a large NUMA box, you have several images covering each NUMA node (even if they're in the same box).