Re: SMP/5.0 performance on single CPU?

2002-06-07 Thread j mckitrick
| On the other hand, there are numerous new features (GEOM, TrustedBSD, | OpenPAM, Snapshots + background fsck, etc) being implemented in 5.x that It appears that most of these are features that are 'use as needed.' In other words, if I don't need them, I don't need to know about them. On the

Re: SMP/5.0 performance on single CPU?

2002-06-07 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], j mckitrick writes: | On the other hand, there are numerous new features (GEOM, TrustedBSD, | OpenPAM, Snapshots + background fsck, etc) being implemented in 5.x that Other than devfs (which I haven't investigated yet) it seems most of these features are extras,

Re: SMP/5.0 performance on single CPU?

2002-06-07 Thread j mckitrick
On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 02:44:27PM +0200, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: | In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], j mckitrick writes: | | On the other hand, there are numerous new features (GEOM, TrustedBSD, | | OpenPAM, Snapshots + background fsck, etc) being implemented in 5.x that | | | Other than devfs

Re: SMP/5.0 performance on single CPU?

2002-06-07 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], j mckitrick writes: On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 02:44:27PM +0200, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: | In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], j mckitrick writes: | | On the other hand, there are numerous new features (GEOM, TrustedBSD, | | OpenPAM, Snapshots + background fsck, etc) being

RE: SMP/5.0 performance on single CPU?

2002-06-06 Thread John Baldwin
On 06-Jun-2002 j mckitrick wrote: Hi all, I'm sure the SMP features along with removal of the Big Giant Lock (TM) are designed to sacrifice as little performance as possible across the board. In practical terms, will a 5.0 kernel without SMP have any performance loss at all on a single

Re: SMP/5.0 performance on single CPU?

2002-06-06 Thread j mckitrick
| almost all of the kernel. However, the SMP work is still in progress and | it will get better as time goes on. One thing to note is that in 4.x, Well, I'm trying to decide if I should make the leap to 5.0 when it comes out (my early adopter side talking) or wait around for a rev or 2 (my

Re: SMP/5.0 performance on single CPU?

2002-06-06 Thread John Baldwin
On 07-Jun-2002 j mckitrick wrote: | almost all of the kernel. However, the SMP work is still in progress and | it will get better as time goes on. One thing to note is that in 4.x, Well, I'm trying to decide if I should make the leap to 5.0 when it comes out (my early adopter side talking)

Re: SMP/5.0 performance on single CPU?

2002-06-06 Thread Mike Silbersack
On Fri, 7 Jun 2002, j mckitrick wrote: | almost all of the kernel. However, the SMP work is still in progress and | it will get better as time goes on. One thing to note is that in 4.x, Well, I'm trying to decide if I should make the leap to 5.0 when it comes out (my early adopter side

Re: SMP/5.0 performance on single CPU?

2002-06-06 Thread j mckitrick
| If none of the features are that useful to you, then by all means stick | with 4.7 or whatever we're up to when 5.0-release comes out. I'm sure Well, I definitely plan to move to 5.x. The question is when. When it will be ready for general use, and when I will be able to learn all the new

Re: SMP/5.0 performance on single CPU?

2002-06-06 Thread Matthew Dillon
:| If none of the features are that useful to you, then by all means stick :| with 4.7 or whatever we're up to when 5.0-release comes out. I'm sure : :Well, I definitely plan to move to 5.x. The question is when. When it :will be ready for general use, and when I will be able to learn all the