[haiku-development] Re: What's the status of Haiku?
- From: Sia Lang <silverlanguage@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2014 12:46:58 +0200
On Sun, Aug 24, 2014 at 11:52 AM, A. D. Sharpe <
demetrioussharpe@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 8/22/2014 11:10 PM, Thomas Mueller wrote:
>
>> If such a bastardized (?) Haiku on Linux kernel (Laiku?) were available
>> for download, I might well try it, if it could run from a USB stick or GPT
>> hard-drive partition.
>>
>> There would be the feeling that if it were on a Linux kernel, I might
>> prefer a non-Haiku/BeOS interface.
>>
>> Let's see what haoppens before passing judgement.
>>
> As I stated in another reply to one of Sia's responses, the NewOS/Haiku
> kernel is tailored for the job at hand. Changing the kernel will result in
> quite a catastrophe. I can't wait for people to try using this thing &
> realize how the feeling of responsiveness is going to be missing. It takes
> a very specific type of kernel to run this userland.
>
>>
>>
So numbers and practical experience talk, not false assumptions.
The Linux distro I'm using right now is *more* responsive than Haiku on the
same box under the various loads I'm putting them under. The Haiku
scheduler is overly simplistic and simply doesn't scale well. Changing the
kernel would help Haiku in terms of responsiveness, not hurt it. Why?
Because Linux is a highly optimized kernel that does thread affinity
migration, per-cpu caching and locking and so on, which is absolutely
necessary to exploit the power of modern multi-core cpus.
Why not take advantage of that, and get usb3 and hardware accelerated
graphics while you're at it?
Sia.
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