Performance of 4.x vs 5.x (Re: Lifetime of FreeBSD branches)

[Pedro O. Varangot]

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	It's in /usr/src/sys/conf/NOTES.
	I think this is due to it being an architecture independent option.

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Regards, Pedro.


martinko wrote:
> Kris Kennaway wrote:
> 
>>
>> Also try defining PREEMPTION in your kernel on 5.x and above (if you
>> are running i386 or amd64).  There have been very occasional reports
>> of panics with this option enabled (although I use it everywhere and
>> have not seen problems on my heavily loaded machines), but interactive
>> response should be much better.
>>
> 
> kris,
> 
> i cannot find (a description of) PREEMPTION in NOTES or GENERIC (on 5.4
> on i386).
> 
> am i missing something?
> 
> cheers,
> 
> martin
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