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SMP alternatives

Posted Dec 27, 2005 17:13 UTC (Tue) by cajal (subscriber, #4167)
In reply to: SMP alternatives by norsk
Parent article: SMP alternatives

If I'm interpreting your post right, you're saying this is a bad thing. A 2-5% improvement is pretty negligible, and it came at a major cost. Sounds like this is something Linux should avoid.


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Posted Dec 27, 2005 23:17 UTC (Tue) by turpie (guest, #5219) [Link]

He meant that it saved the major cost of shipping different kernels, by allowing them to ship a single kernel for both UP and SMP.

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