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Re: SMP kernel completes kernel compile

To: ralf@xxxxxxxxxxx (Ralf Baechle)
Subject: Re: SMP kernel completes kernel compile
From: kanoj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Kanoj Sarcar)
Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 12:53:54 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: dimitris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Dimitris Michailidis), skunx@xxxxxxxxxxx, linux-origin@xxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <20000515215032.A1682@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> from "Ralf Baechle" at May 15, 2000 09:50:33 PM
Sender: owner-linux-origin@xxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> On Sun, May 14, 2000 at 12:32:03PM -0700, Dimitris Michailidis wrote:
> 
> > First, we need to agree on what exactly we will be compiling.  I have
> > numbers from 4P x86 -j4 but for a different kernel configuration.  I must
> > say though that the CPU utilizations above are extremely low for parallel
> > make.  For 4P I get utilizations above 350%.  On the other hand, the number
> > of page faults is comparable (given the x86 box has more memory) so I'm
> > curious what the CPUs on the o2k are doing.
> 
> I'll have to check if the timekeeping of the kernel is working properly.
> The last test with a MP kernel showed very inaccurate timekeeping.
> 
>   Ralf
> 

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Kanoj

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