> I am looking for a rule of thumb regarding the time it takes > to context switch in linux (any other OS comparison would be interesting > too) on a modern hardware (x86 is probably the most interesting, but > other numbers might be handy too if anyone has them). iirc lmbench provides mechanism to measure the avg behavior for that. you can probably use that. otherwise, you can probably measure it with an oscilloscope, no not kidding :o) thanks anupam -- In the beginning was the lambda, and the lambda was with Emacs, and Emacs was the lambda. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
