Re: Processor Scalability and Linux

2010-08-10 Thread Michael Miles
JD wrote: >On 08/10/2010 06:13 AM, Matthew J. Roth wrote: > >> JD wrote: >> >>> To do that, you need a library interface or sysctl command line >>> that would "affine" the process and it's threads to >>> to a set of cpu's (I am not certain if there is granularity here >>> as far as se

Re: Processor Scalability and Linux

2010-08-10 Thread Matthew J. Roth
JD wrote: > > Thank you Matt! I am glad Linux has kept up with this > area which is becoming more and more important as > cpu's multiply their cores. > Perhaps there will be a refinement that will allow > the setting of core affinity as well. > AMD released the 8-core cpu in 2009 > > http://www.g

Re: Processor Scalability and Linux

2010-08-10 Thread Michael Miles
JD wrote: >On 08/10/2010 06:13 AM, Matthew J. Roth wrote: > >> JD wrote: >> >>> To do that, you need a library interface or sysctl command line >>> that would "affine" the process and it's threads to >>> to a set of cpu's (I am not certain if there is granularity here >>> as far as se

Re: Processor Scalability and Linux

2010-08-10 Thread JD
On 08/10/2010 06:13 AM, Matthew J. Roth wrote: > JD wrote: >> To do that, you need a library interface or sysctl command line >> that would "affine" the process and it's threads to >> to a set of cpu's (I am not certain if there is granularity here >> as far as selecting a subset of cores from a

Re: Processor Scalability and Linux

2010-08-10 Thread Matthew J. Roth
JD wrote: > > To do that, you need a library interface or sysctl command line > that would "affine" the process and it's threads to > to a set of cpu's (I am not certain if there is granularity here > as far as selecting a subset of cores from a cpu). JD and Michael, Take a look at taskset: t

Re: Processor Scalability and Linux

2010-08-09 Thread JD
On 08/09/2010 03:23 PM, Michael Miles wrote: > JD wrote: >> On 08/09/2010 01:37 PM, Michael Miles wrote: >> >>> Kwan Lowe wrote: >>> On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 1:52 PM, Michael Miles wrote: >> > Well, 3D animation is my thing and has been since the Amiga plat

Re: Processor Scalability and Linux

2010-08-09 Thread Michael Miles
JD wrote: >On 08/09/2010 01:37 PM, Michael Miles wrote: > >> Kwan Lowe wrote: >> >>> On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 1:52 PM, Michael Mileswrote: >>> >>> >>> > Well, 3D animation is my thing and has been since the Amiga platform. The power to render many m

Re: Processor Scalability and Linux

2010-08-09 Thread JD
On 08/09/2010 01:37 PM, Michael Miles wrote: > Kwan Lowe wrote: >> On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 1:52 PM, Michael Miles wrote: >> >> >>> Well, 3D animation is my thing and has been since the Amiga platform. >>> The power to render many minutes of animation and still have functional >>> machine to

Re: Processor Scalability and Linux

2010-08-09 Thread Michael Miles
Kwan Lowe wrote: > On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 1:52 PM, Michael Miles wrote: > > >>> >> Well, 3D animation is my thing and has been since the Amiga platform. >> The power to render many minutes of animation and still have functional >> machine to do the rest of my daily activity. >> >> I us

Re: Processor Scalability and Linux

2010-08-09 Thread Kwan Lowe
On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 1:52 PM, Michael Miles wrote: >> > Well, 3D animation is my thing and has been since the Amiga platform. > The power to render many minutes of animation and still have functional > machine to do the rest of my daily activity. > > I use a virtual machine running windows 7 fo

Re: Processor Scalability and Linux

2010-08-09 Thread JD
On 08/09/2010 06:51 AM, Roberto Ragusa wrote: > JD wrote: >>On 08/08/2010 01:15 PM, Roberto Ragusa wrote: >>> Are you going to really use a lot of CPU power? (such as video processing) >>> Probably not. >>> >>> If you are just planning to have a fast general-use computer, than >>> do not worr

Re: Processor Scalability and Linux

2010-08-09 Thread Roberto Ragusa
JD wrote: > On 08/08/2010 01:15 PM, Roberto Ragusa wrote: >> Are you going to really use a lot of CPU power? (such as video processing) >> Probably not. >> >> If you are just planning to have a fast general-use computer, than >> do not worry too much about the CPU, as AMD or Intel and 4 or 6 core

Re: Processor Scalability and Linux

2010-08-08 Thread JD
On 08/08/2010 01:15 PM, Roberto Ragusa wrote: > Joshua C. wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I’ve been planning on buying a new machine but I’m not that sure what to >> take. >> >> We’ve been seeing test and reviews on the internet between amd and >> linux. I can say that when it comes to pure (single) core ap

Re: Processor Scalability and Linux

2010-08-08 Thread Roberto Ragusa
Joshua C. wrote: > Hi, > > I’ve been planning on buying a new machine but I’m not that sure what to take. > > We’ve been seeing test and reviews on the internet between amd and > linux. I can say that when it comes to pure (single) core apps then > intel might have the lead. When it comes to scal

Re: Processor Scalability and Linux

2010-08-08 Thread Marko Vojinovic
On Sunday, August 08, 2010 19:41:33 Joshua C. wrote: > How can I judge if a particular _linux_ app will work well with a > 6-/4-core cpu? What to look for? How does the OS interact with the app > in allowing it to use the resources? Is the app solely responsible for > utilizing all the system resou

Re: Processor Scalability and Linux

2010-08-08 Thread Robert Myers
On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 2:50 PM, Robert Myers wrote: >> This is what I mean with scalability. As for the windows-apps: most of >> them (still) cannot use all the cores and a more-than-2-cores cpu is a >> waste-of-money in most of the time. Lets go back to linux. >> > > Chrome uses all eight thread

Re: Processor Scalability and Linux

2010-08-08 Thread Robert Myers
On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 2:41 PM, Joshua C. wrote: > > Well, the question is not why I need "that much" power but simply will > a linux app run better on a 6-core than on a 4-core processor? Of > course it depends on the ability of this app to utilize all this > cores/threads. And I know that whate

Re: Processor Scalability and Linux

2010-08-08 Thread Joshua C.
2010/8/8 Michael Miles : > JD wrote: >>    On 08/08/2010 10:21 AM, Michael Miles wrote: >> >>> >>> I myself was going to replace my Phenom 2 965 with the 1090T as it was a >>> simple chip replacement but I decided to wait for the Bulldozer series. >>> The 1090T is a big improvement but in reality i

Re: Processor Scalability and Linux

2010-08-08 Thread Michael Miles
JD wrote: >On 08/08/2010 10:21 AM, Michael Miles wrote: > >> >> I myself was going to replace my Phenom 2 965 with the 1090T as it was a >> simple chip replacement but I decided to wait for the Bulldozer series. >> The 1090T is a big improvement but in reality it is only a Phenom 2 with >>

Re: Processor Scalability and Linux

2010-08-08 Thread JD
On 08/08/2010 10:21 AM, Michael Miles wrote: > > > I myself was going to replace my Phenom 2 965 with the 1090T as it was a > simple chip replacement but I decided to wait for the Bulldozer series. > The 1090T is a big improvement but in reality it is only a Phenom 2 with > 2 more cores added. >

Re: Processor Scalability and Linux

2010-08-08 Thread Robert Myers
On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Joshua C. wrote: > Hi, > > I’ve been planning on buying a new machine but I’m not that sure what to take. > > We’ve been seeing test and reviews on the internet between amd and > linux. I can say that when it comes to pure (single) core apps then > intel might have

Re: Processor Scalability and Linux

2010-08-08 Thread Michael Miles
john wendel wrote: > On 08/08/2010 08:12 AM, Joshua C. wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I’ve been planning on buying a new machine but I’m not that sure what to >> take. >> >> We’ve been seeing test and reviews on the internet between amd and >> linux. I can say that when it comes to pure (single) core a

Re: Processor Scalability and Linux

2010-08-08 Thread john wendel
On 08/08/2010 08:12 AM, Joshua C. wrote: > Hi, > > I’ve been planning on buying a new machine but I’m not that sure what to take. > > We’ve been seeing test and reviews on the internet between amd and > linux. I can say that when it comes to pure (single) core apps then > intel might have the lead.

Processor Scalability and Linux

2010-08-08 Thread Joshua C.
Hi, I’ve been planning on buying a new machine but I’m not that sure what to take. We’ve been seeing test and reviews on the internet between amd and linux. I can say that when it comes to pure (single) core apps then intel might have the lead. When it comes to scalability then amd is on the move