On 16/10/2010, at 5:16 AM, James Dennett wrote: > On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 9:29 AM, john skaller > <skal...@users.sourceforge.net> wrote: >> >> On 16/10/2010, at 2:34 AM, Rhythmic Fistman wrote: >> >> Of course .. this is what actual os threads do on a multi-core processor. >> Although AFAIK in Linux a thread always runs on the same CPU. >> [Called "affinity" ..] > > By default Linux migrates threads across CPUs, though it can certainly > be useful to tell it not to do so.
Really? I thought it didn't do that, since migration is expensive in terms of cache coherency .. that being the idea behind affinity.. did this change? -- john skaller skal...@users.sourceforge.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download new Adobe(R) Flash(R) Builder(TM) 4 The new Adobe(R) Flex(R) 4 and Flash(R) Builder(TM) 4 (formerly Flex(R) Builder(TM)) enable the development of rich applications that run across multiple browsers and platforms. Download your free trials today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/adobe-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Felix-language mailing list Felix-language@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/felix-language
