Re: [Haifux] SSD and linux

2008-09-18 Thread gabik
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 12:28 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; haifux@haifux.org Subject: Re: [Haifux] SSD and linux Hi Gabi and Muli, I'm sorry about the mistake- you understood me correctly. I'm not sure it will speed up the OS, however I'm doing

Re: [Haifux] SSD and linux

2008-09-18 Thread Doron Zuckerman
Hi Muli, It seems like a good idea to check the time of a single block read against a single context switch, we'll try looking more into it. Try to find the place where the faulting process is put to sleep and convert that code to busy wait instead, terminating the busy-wait when the page has

Re: [Haifux] SSD and linux

2008-09-18 Thread gabik
to check first what Muli has suggested - compare times. _ From: Doron Zuckerman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 6:29 PM To: gabik; haifux@haifux.org Cc: Ronen Gruengras Subject: Re: [Haifux] SSD and linux Hi Gabi, First of all thanks for you're help. We

Re: [Haifux] SSD and linux

2008-09-18 Thread gabik
complex. Gabi _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Doron Zuckerman Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 6:50 PM To: Muli Ben-Yehuda; Ronen Gruengras; haifux@haifux.org Subject: Re: [Haifux] SSD and linux Hi Muli, It seems like a good idea to check the time

Re: [Haifux] SSD and linux

2008-09-18 Thread Muli Ben-Yehuda
On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 06:56:09PM +0300, gabik wrote: Doron You can work on 2.6.24 if you prefer. I just picked some version and checked on it. (for some reason there is no arch/i386 in 2.6.24. Maybe they have renamed it into x86?) Yes. arch/x86 is now for both 32 and 64 bits. Cheers,

Re: [Haifux] SSD and linux

2008-09-18 Thread Muli Ben-Yehuda
On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 06:49:58PM +0300, Doron Zuckerman wrote: Do you have any idea where we can find this? I haven't looked at those bits recently, but it sounds like Gabi is pointing you to the right path. In any case, to be honest, I think what you propose doesn't make sense, even as

Re: [Haifux] SSD and linux

2008-09-17 Thread Muli Ben-Yehuda
On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 12:31:09PM +0300, Doron Zuckerman wrote: Hi all, I have a question regarding the linux kernel (for those of you who are familiar with it). I'm looking for a way to add a change to the linux kernel in order to check if I can make it more compatible with my Asus

Re: [Haifux] SSD and linux

2008-09-16 Thread gabik
, but not to raise need_resched flag, so as not to trigger a context switch in case of a major page fault. Gabi _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Doron Zuckerman Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 12:31 PM To: haifux@haifux.org Cc: Ronen Gruengras Subject: [Haifux] SSD