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Re: A quick look at Bulldozer thread scheduling

Date	2011-11-10 14:50 -0500
From	Yousuf Khan <bbbl67@spammenot.yahoo.com>
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Subject	Re: A quick look at Bulldozer thread scheduling
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On 10/11/2011 7:24 AM, Orson Cart wrote:
> Yousuf Khan<bbbl67@spammenot.yahoo.com>  wrote:
>> It looks like AMD could've saved themselves a lot of embarrassment
>> by
>> simply making the secondary cores in each module look like an Intel
>>
>> Hyperthreading thread rather than simply as another full core.
>>
>> A quick look at Bulldozer thread scheduling - The Tech Report - Page
>> 1
>> http://techreport.com/articles.x/21865
>>
>
> There have been a million words uttered about how Windoze 7 fumbles with Bulldozer
> (or vice versa). But what about the penguins? I imagine the latest versions
> of say Ubuntu or Oracle linux might be kludged to multi-task on Bulldozer.
> I doubt the Interlagos and Valencias will fly out the door if they have the
> same problem.

Does slightly better in Linux than in Windows 7. Some support for BD 
built into the Linux 3.0/3.1 kernels, more coming in the 3.2 kernel.

[Phoronix] AMD FX-8150 Bulldozer On Ubuntu Linux Review
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=amd_fx8150_bulldozer&num=1

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A quick look at Bulldozer thread scheduling Yousuf Khan <bbbl67@spammenot.yahoo.com> - 2011-11-10 02:14 -0500
  Re: A quick look at Bulldozer thread scheduling Yousuf Khan <bbbl67@spammenot.yahoo.com> - 2011-11-10 14:50 -0500
  Re: A quick look at Bulldozer thread scheduling willbill <postonNG@postonNG.net> - 2011-11-20 11:17 -0600
    Re: A quick look at Bulldozer thread scheduling Yousuf Khan <bbbl67@spammenot.yahoo.com> - 2011-11-26 00:19 -0500
      Re: A quick look at Bulldozer thread scheduling willbill <postonNG@postonNG.net> - 2011-11-26 15:59 -0600
        Re: A quick look at Bulldozer thread scheduling Yousuf Khan <bbbl67@spammenot.yahoo.com> - 2011-11-28 03:21 -0500
          Re: A quick look at Bulldozer thread scheduling willbill <postonNG@postonNG.net> - 2011-11-28 08:40 -0600
            Re: A quick look at Bulldozer thread scheduling Yousuf Khan <bbbl67@spammenot.yahoo.com> - 2011-11-28 20:48 -0500

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