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Re: [buildd] Machines upgraded



Hi,

On Tue, 18 Dec 2007, Finn Thain wrote:

> Is there a tunable that might reduce the number of context switches?

Only as a debug option, which would increase the cost even further.

> (I'm 
> guessing that your stats reflect more switches, not more expensive 
> switching.)

No, it's all the 64bit math that hurts m68k more than others and the 
increased scheduling frequency (practically every single tick) doesn't 
really help ever.

bye, Roman


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