From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 852DC1381F3 for ; Sat, 24 Aug 2013 11:14:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DC605E0D74; Sat, 24 Aug 2013 11:14:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mout.perfora.net (mout.perfora.net [74.208.4.195]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CEB09E09B6 for ; Sat, 24 Aug 2013 11:14:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (66-208-231-133.ubr01a.rte20201.pa.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [66.208.231.133]) by mrelay.perfora.net (node=mrus4) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0M1WUr-1W20223YUL-00trXJ; Sat, 24 Aug 2013 07:14:17 -0400 Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2013 06:14:14 -0500 From: Bruce Hill To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Which cputime accounting for kernel-3.10.7 ? Message-ID: <20130824111414.GM6462@server> References: <201308241040.47977.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201308241040.47977.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:FEtAzi5CSFJBo2T7MDBFWRONfO/IzbRvzC2rgU434Qa iVxyBYw68t3/Jgdi92p43e+AWx5EvJZYuPbpTGXPTLT6u8sQXx mgxLVDUdPUEz7sk1Jv7dqeOEp934d2kIAUwmThyF+P9/8G2Dh8 NGn6Nh8cRqwLBr0vTnZWu5rNKATuuej7ETh2rd5348yyMyE/Vy cSSndRlgGbz1A3jfvNrtPSvG8axBs8jGAZeKzElxEsXg/qe4RT PNPe0VYHAJ2a92yjZF8EXD7ioOXsNzdeIYP+O8OEgqdKqWsUX8 UoXF/mJWxIZ9SYdj7qYhTqDf6xGmB/eA8WH7lMQaKZpwILJTQ= = X-Archives-Salt: ae3a9148-8b33-4311-8acb-e676d64da6f5 X-Archives-Hash: 2cdc84c41b24a4f816815247569367f3 On Sat, Aug 24, 2013 at 10:40:25AM +0100, Mick wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm about to compile a new kernel and running oldconfig brings up this new set > of options. There is no help available, grep-ping through the Documentation > wasn't particularly revealing and I haven't found anything in Google to help > me decide what I need/want out of the three: > =================================================== > > * CPU/Task time and stats accounting > * > Cputime accounting > 1. Simple tick based cputime accounting (TICK_CPU_ACCOUNTING) > > 2. Full dynticks CPU time accounting (VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_GEN) (NEW) > 3. Fine granularity task level IRQ time accounting (IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING) > choice[1-3]: ? > > There is no help available for this option. > Prompt: Cputime accounting > Location: > -> General setup > -> CPU/Task time and stats accounting > Defined at init/Kconfig:297 > Selected by: m > =================================================== > > Option 2 seems to have been selected by default, but I am not sure if this is > right for a laptop. > > What have you chosen and why? > > -- > Regards, > Mick Each of the three options has it's own individual help. -- Happy Penguin Computers >') 126 Fenco Drive ( \ Tupelo, MS 38801 ^^ support@happypenguincomputers.com 662-269-2706 662-205-6424 http://happypenguincomputers.com/ A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? Don't top-post: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_post#Top-posting