Subject: Re: uvm_pageidlezero()
To: Michael <macallan18@earthlink.net>
From: Hubert Feyrer <hubert@feyrer.de>
List: tech-kern
Date: 06/20/2005 22:54:02
On Mon, 20 Jun 2005, Michael wrote:
> So - is it really necessary to run uvm_pageidlezero in the idle loop?
> Should I call it when CPU sleep mode isn't available or disabled?
I think it would be nice to have that as a sysctl'able knob for all
platforms, so they can decide for a power-conserving laptop (no zeroing),
or a server that wants to have zeroed pages readily available.
- Hubert