| Date | Tue, 31 Oct 2000 23:05:38 +0100 | From | Andi Kleen <> | Subject | Re: 2.2.18Pre Lan Performance Rocks! |
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On Tue, Oct 31, 2000 at 02:52:11PM -0700, Jeff V. Merkey wrote: > The numbers don't lie. You know where the code is. You notice that > there is a version of > the kernel hand coded in assembly language. You'l also noticed that > it's SMP and takes ZERO LOCKS during context switching, in fact, most of > the design is completely lockless.
I suspect most of the confusion in this thread comes because you seem to use a different definition of context switch than Ingo and others. Could you explain what you exactly mean with a context switch ?
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