Re: cvs commit: src/sys/platform/vkernel/conf files src/sys/platform/vkernel/i386 exception.c src/sys/platform/vkernel/include cothread.h md_var.h src/sys/platform/vkernel/platform cothread.c machintr.c src/sys/dev/virtual/disk vdisk.c

[Matthew Dillon <dillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

:Do we have some simple before/after numbers for typical operations like 
:extracting pkgsrc-2007Q4.tar.gz and/or running some io benchmark (some 
:phases of kernel compilation may be affected as well)? I don't have easy 
:access to a dragonfly box atm.
:
:Thanks,
:Aggelos

    The main advantage is that the cpu threads will no longer block when
    reading from disk so the vkernel is a lot more responsive under load.
    This replaces the junky cpu reservations I was using for ncpus > 2 before
    (plus it works for -n 1).  I would expect any I/O involving read-ahead
    would operate more efficiently but I haven't run any real tests with
    regards to I/O throughput.  It will likely remain fairly poor from a
    pure throughput point of view.

    We need to convert the network driver (vke) over to using the new
    interface, and improve the bulk operations a bit more.

					-Matt
					Matthew Dillon 
					<dillon@backplane.com>