From: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 19:06:55 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: Add blk-mq slide
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Add blk-mq slide
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   </ul>
 </div>
 
+<div class="slide">
+  <h1>Multiqueue block devices [3.16]</h1>
+  <ul class="incremental">
+    <li>
+      Each block device has a command queue (possibly shared with
+      other devices)
+    </li>
+    <li>
+      Queue may be partly implemented by hardware (NCQ) or only
+      in software
+    </li>
+    <li>
+      A single queue means initiation is serialised and completion
+      involves IPI - can be bottleneck for fast devices
+    </li>
+    <li>
+      High-end SSDs support multiple queues, but kernel needed changes
+      to use them
+    </li>
+    <li>
+      <tt>mtip32xx</tt> driver now supports multiqueue, but SCSI
+      drivers don't yet - may be backport-able?
+    </li>
+  </ul>
+</div>
+
 <div class="slide">
   <h1>Questions?</h1>
 </div>