Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750846AbWJLUg6 (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Oct 2006 16:36:58 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750853AbWJLUg5 (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Oct 2006 16:36:57 -0400 Received: from alnrmhc11.comcast.net ([204.127.225.91]:3264 "EHLO alnrmhc11.comcast.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750845AbWJLUg4 (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Oct 2006 16:36:56 -0400 Message-ID: <452EA766.80307@comcast.net> Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 16:36:54 -0400 From: John Richard Moser User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (X11/20060918) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Arjan van de Ven CC: Chris Friesen , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Can context switches be faster? References: <452E62F8.5010402@comcast.net> <452E9E47.8070306@nortel.com> <452EA441.6070703@comcast.net> <1160684954.3000.473.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> In-Reply-To: <1160684954.3000.473.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2106 Lines: 59 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Arjan van de Ven wrote: >> ther uniprocessor machines. >> That's a load more descriptive :D >> >> 0.890 uS, 0.556uS/cycle, that's barely 2 cycles you know. (Pentium M) >> PPC performs similarly, 1 cycle should be about 1uS. >> >>> Chris > > you have your units off; 1 cycle is 1 nS not 1 uS (or 0.556 nS for the > pM) Ah, right right. Nano is a billion, micro is a million. How did I get that mixed up. So that's barely two THOUSAND cycles. Which is closer to what I expected (i.e., not instant) > > - > 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/ > - -- We will enslave their women, eat their children and rape their cattle! -- Bosc, Evil alien overlord from the fifth dimension -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iQIVAwUBRS6nZAs1xW0HCTEFAQImYQ/+Lmcd2zzOhtJHZ6AofBajWh7CEhqLCfqd mQ09b95YPtDXEr0f5Uud69/v4+dE5gVh1ze68z4+15dFtfLfR7EuBJpXykoSDSGB fMVhwd6COzN8l4Bl826tbH3jvNnX8jssLcCr/qNvtYA1pDntXjjFdPF0OHdU87Kr KYODxIM69akjTALjYO4NinYZdhcJn++DkHfKtIfjL5qD9gc0VMe8EMj1bQo2Jz8T FBpMtfz2JPcXq8CFYDz9fMREtrJQfpYYFMyG+MJHWiNpEWUXTy7Jg40q/k5Jhsf0 ReDh+FJDWGmtep938wTquIojhSu/WYNyyBjAXlWcLo08S1cl5BSLj0hD12sKXT6c 0FmqIZO44Pp6dBfoHxRrss6tljbsoTAmAf0ac4PLMciHJfidYvoAfWH++70i+4Wm CtsQdRn0jY7Ws0vB3pVLA6IlpZ/D5OXE+ko7ntiOUDkiKynoUHz71h6WwtpCorF2 myUurBvHbL85VTCOegomy/5/6UcozFK2LovkjRN9jXoP2ZportXPIYL0ssrRnXN0 7GtS9Ye5Mu2+n88pk64HdKWg75uflZPAobfCBg1lt933wlXfpOwi7FKKuwTHP8vD 2IabVRcJEk2VnOgJDfQ5iSooN4XDFRIG+DjI3/7lzRDpLRpMiUBy91K7adi5u7ah tx+izQjdo3c= =HqrS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - 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/