Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 20 Jan 2003 14:38:41 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 20 Jan 2003 14:38:40 -0500 Received: from [195.39.17.254] ([195.39.17.254]:6148 "EHLO Elf.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 20 Jan 2003 14:38:31 -0500 Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2003 23:04:21 +0100 From: Pavel Machek To: Andrew Theurer Cc: "Martin J. Bligh" , Linus Torvalds , Ingo Molnar , linux-kernel Subject: Re: [PATCH] (0/3) NUMA aware scheduler Message-ID: <20030119220421.GA27317@elf.ucw.cz> References: <2050000.1042741643@flay> <004001c2bd98$3854dec0$645e2909@atheurer> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <004001c2bd98$3854dec0$645e2909@atheurer> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Warning: Reading this can be dangerous to your mental health. Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi! > One of the reasons we probably have not had much interest in numa patches is > that numa systems are not that prevailent. However, numa-like qualites are > showing up in commonly available systems, and I believe we can take > advantage of policies that these patches, such as numa scheduler provide. > Does anyone have any other ideas where numa like qualities lie? x86-64? Yep, x86-64 SMP systems are in fact NUMA systems that don't penalize remote memory *that* badly. Pavel -- Worst form of spam? Adding advertisment signatures ala sourceforge.net. What goes next? Inserting advertisment *into* email? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/