[Nottingham] A "Tickless" Linux kernel?

Martin martin at ml1.co.uk
Tue Jul 10 23:40:57 BST 2007


Joshua Lock wrote:
> 
> On 10 Jul 2007, at 21:13, Martin wrote:
>> "... if the tickless linux kernel takes off..."
>>
>> I can guess...
>>
>> But anyone know of this?
> 
> Kernel Trap has the scoop
> 
> http://kerneltrap.org/node/6750
> 
> http://kerneltrap.org/node/7568

Thanks for that.

That and "dynticks" look rather interesting, especially for VM or low
power usage.


Here's looking forward to the 2.6.21(+) kernels! (Or whichever it gets
into.)

Cheers,
Martin

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