Re: om2.6 What's currently showable ?
Florian Delizy <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.cluster.openmosix.devel |
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Matt Dew wrote: > Goutnet, > The todo page looks much nicer than what I threw up. (no pun > intended. :)) > > no problem, I find it easier to read that way ;) > Thanks for doing that. > Also, is there any way to put some times/dates on the pages so people > have an idea of relativity? > Well, yes what date would be usefull ? the potential completion time ? or the start date ? > Matt > > On Mon, 2006-07-24 at 15:37 +0000, Florian Delizy wrote: > >> Vincent Hanquez wrote: >> >>> On Mon, Jul 24, 2006 at 03:49:21PM +0200, Florian Delizy wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Well actually, that's the case ... If I choose to use the 2.6 >>>> > kernel, > >>>> [CUT] >>>> >>> Mmap is very complex syscall and very wide: >>> - Anonymous private mmap is working already very well (that is the >>> > simplest) > >>> - File private mmap use to work, with the rinode thingie. not sure >>> > that's > >>> still the case now .. not tested for a while as well. >>> - Anonymous shared mmap are not suppose to work yet, and should send >>> back the process to the deputy. untested. >>> - File shared mmap are not suppose to work either. untested >>> >>> all shared mmaping can be made to work though. with some >>> read only mapping to catch write fault, and have handler to >>> > propagate > >>> stuff.. the performance now is another thing .. >>> >>> >>> >> ok, I added that to the todolist as well >> >> http://openmosix.snarc.org/wakka.php?wiki=ToDo >> >> >>>> This choice is quite important to me, and moreover, I can only help >>>> > > >>>> continuing to develop oM if I can proove the feasability with oM2.6 >>>> >>>> >>> OM on 2.6 is definitely feasible. A experienced developer full time >>> > on > >>> it should complete it in few weeks I guess. >>> >>> >>> >>>> I am not sure that would be enough ... though ... I guess that >>>> > programs > >>>> that we have to migrate are something like, using a shared lib, now >>>> > the > >>>> question is how would taht be done ... (I don't know yet). A simple >>>> > > >>>> scenario, if several programs are using a single shared lib, and >>>> > all > >>>> programs are spread over different cluster nodes, would that work ? >>>> >>>> >>> yes it definitively works. a shared lib is anyway a private mapping >>> > (or > >>> a shared mapping over non-writable stuff, which is the same as >>> > private). > >>> >>> >> >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT >> Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to >> > share your > >> opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn >> > cash > > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > >> _______________________________________________ >> openMosix-devel mailing list >> openMosix-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openmosix-devel >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV