Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 24 Jun 2007 22:54:45 +0200 (CEST) | From | Jan Engelhardt <> | Subject | Re: IRQ Balance Question for Single but Multi-Core Processors |
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On Jun 24 2007 16:29, Justin Piszcz wrote: > > Question regarding the IRQ balance daemon and the 2.6.x kernel. > > For a single-processor but dual or quad core CPU, should one be running the IRQ > balancing daemon, will it result in increased performance? > > Or is IRQ balance mainly targeted at physical multi-processor systems?
There must be a reason it exists :) For MC or MP or MCMP systems, it should be helpful indeed. HT however, not so sure. But then again, MCHT and MCMPHT maybe.
(multi-core, multi-processor, hyperthreading, and combinations thereof.)
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