Poul-Henning Kamp writes: > The solution is not faster but less reliable timekeeping, the > solution is to move the scheduler(s) away from using time as an > approximation of cpu cycles.
So you mean rather than use binuptime() in mi_switch(), use some per-cpu cycle counter (like rdtsc)? Heck, why not just use ticks for the scheduler and keep the expensive timekeeping code out of the critical path altogether? Does it really need better than 1ms resolution? Drew _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
