Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754881AbXFXU31 (ORCPT ); Sun, 24 Jun 2007 16:29:27 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751731AbXFXU3U (ORCPT ); Sun, 24 Jun 2007 16:29:20 -0400 Received: from lucidpixels.com ([75.144.35.66]:51739 "EHLO lucidpixels.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750948AbXFXU3T (ORCPT ); Sun, 24 Jun 2007 16:29:19 -0400 Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 16:29:18 -0400 (EDT) From: Justin Piszcz X-X-Sender: jpiszcz@p34.internal.lan To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, arjan@linux.intel.com cc: Alan Piszcz Subject: IRQ Balance Question for Single but Multi-Core Processors Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 531 Lines: 14 Question regarding the IRQ balance daemon and the 2.6.x kernel. For a single-processor but dual or quad core CPU, should one be running the IRQ balancing daemon, will it result in increased performance? Or is IRQ balance mainly targeted at physical multi-processor systems? Justin. - 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/