Re: [patch] O(1) scheduler, -G1, 2.5.2-pre10, 2.4.17 (fwd)

[Mark Hahn]

> I do vote for optimal cache use. Using squid (200MB process in my case)
> can be much faster if squid stays on the same CPU for a while, instead
> of hopping from one CPU to another (dual PII350 machine).

well, a typical desktop processor has 256-512K cache,
and at least 500 MB/s dram bandwidth, so cache flush time 
is only ~1ms, and can be as low as .2 ms.  the fact that
all current CPUs are out-of-order can hide some of this, as well...