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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] Hey, new to this. Trying to get plan9 to work in a VM.
Date: Mon,  6 Jun 2011 14:36:18 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <94dacb4b1569c9a8fbd0afce950a4436@ladd.quanstro.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTi=94_Q=UGGk40KAot2hrJw3iA-QSg@mail.gmail.com>

> Finally for this, what would it take to have the GPU treated as a processor
> bank for idling and tasks not requiring a full CPU core?

leaving trifling software problems tiny running general-purpose
code on a special-purpose bit of haradware and running multiple
cpu arches in the same machine aside, why wouldn't you prefer
to idle the gpu, since it usually less power-efficient than your cpu?
pci-sig is working on 300+w pcie power for gpus.

- erik



  reply	other threads:[~2011-06-06 18:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 43+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-06-05  6:18 Josh Marshall
2011-06-05  6:33 ` Jason Dreisbach
2011-06-06 23:22   ` Carlos Oliveira
2011-06-05 13:39 ` Andreas Wagner
2011-06-05 14:10   ` Rudolf Sykora
2011-06-05 15:41     ` Ethan Grammatikidis
2011-06-05 15:47       ` Francisco J Ballesteros
2011-06-05 16:06     ` Iruatã Souza
2011-06-05 21:05       ` Skip Tavakkolian
2011-06-06  4:40       ` Josh Marshall
2011-06-06  5:04         ` David du Colombier
2011-06-06  6:06           ` Josh Marshall
2011-06-06  6:49             ` Anthony Sorace
2011-06-06  6:52             ` Jason Dreisbach
2011-06-06 12:14           ` Comeau At9Fans
2011-06-06 12:59             ` Peter A. Cejchan
2011-06-06 13:45             ` David du Colombier
2011-06-06  9:03 ` Balwinder S Dheeman
2011-06-06 13:36   ` Jack Norton
2011-06-06 13:49     ` Rudolf Sykora
2011-06-06 14:10     ` Gabriel Díaz López de la llave
2011-06-06 14:13       ` erik quanstrom
2011-06-06 14:21       ` cinap_lenrek
2011-06-06 18:22         ` Josh Marshall
2011-06-06 18:36           ` erik quanstrom [this message]
2011-06-07  2:57             ` Josh Marshall
2011-06-07  3:54               ` [9fans] Utilizing the GPU (WAS: Hey, new to this. Trying to get plan9 to work in a VM.) Ethan Grammatikidis
2011-06-20  0:01                 ` [9fans] NIX Lyndon Nerenberg
2011-06-20  8:44                   ` Francisco J Ballesteros
2011-06-07  4:19               ` [9fans] Hey, new to this. Trying to get plan9 to work in a VM erik quanstrom
2011-06-07 14:38                 ` Josh Marshall
2011-06-07 15:06                   ` Gabriel Díaz López de la llave
2011-06-07 15:25                   ` erik quanstrom
2011-06-06 14:19     ` Anthony Sorace
2011-06-06 13:31 ` Nicolas BERCHER
2011-06-07 17:13 paul.a.lalonde
2011-06-07 18:07 ` erik quanstrom
2011-06-07 19:17 ` Wes Kussmaul
2011-06-07 19:25   ` erik quanstrom
2011-06-07 19:55     ` Josh Marshall
2011-06-07 20:15       ` Francisco J Ballesteros
2011-06-07 20:41       ` erik quanstrom
2011-06-08  3:48         ` Josh Marshall

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