If I can express an opinion, and if it counts, +1
Rafael Vanoni wrote:
> I'd like to get sponsorship from the ON and PM communities to host a
> project for the development of the tickless kernel architecture for
> OpenSolaris.
>
> This project seeks to re implement the services provided by the clock to
> an event driven model, eliminating the system's need to wake up 100
> times a second to perform arbitrary work. Instead, we will allow the
> processor to fall into deeper energy saving states only to be awaken
> when events are due. This enhancement will also contribute to scenarios
> where the OS is part of a virtualized system, reducing the need to
> switch execution between hosts only to perform unnecessary accounting.
>
> This project is spinning off from the Tesla Project, as it was decided
> that the tickless effort is large enough to stand as it's own project.
> Additionally, the PM community didn't exist when the project was conceived.
>
> Initial participants: Rafael Vanoni (rafaelv), Eric Saxe (esaxe),
> Madhavan Venkat, Alexander Kolbasov (akolb). All current leaders of the
> Tesla project will be invited to be leaders of this project.
>
> Tickless will target the ON consolidation, but may affect others.
>
> This issue is currently tracked by CR 6567390.
>
> Thanks,
> Rafael
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