Messages in this thread | | | Subject | [PATCH 0/2] sched: arch_scale_smt_powers | From | Joel Schopp <> | Date | Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:00:38 -0600 |
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The new Power7 processor has 4 way SMT. This 4 way SMT benefits from dynamic power updates that arch_scale_smt_power was designed to provide. The first patch fixes a generic scheduler bug necessary for arch_scale_smt to properly function. The second patch implements arch_scale_smt_power for powerpc, and in particular for Power7 processors.
--- Gautham R Shenoy (1): sched: Fix the place where group powers are updated.
Joel Schopp (1): powerpc: implement arch_scale_smt_power for Power7
arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ kernel/sched.c | 7 +++---- kernel/sched_features.h | 2 +- 3 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
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