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Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 12:10:06 +0200
From: "Guillaume Smet" <guillaume.smet@gmail.com>
To: "Markus Schaber" <schabi@logix-tt.com>
Subject: Re: High CPU Load
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On 9/15/06, Markus Schaber <schabi@logix-tt.com> wrote:
> For xeons, there were rumours about "context switch storms" which kill
> performance.

It's not that much a problem in 8.1. There are a few corner cases when
you still have the problem but on a regular load you don't have it
anymore (validated here with a quad Xeon MP and a dual Xeon).

--
Guillaume