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From: "Jorge Mario G." <murcielako@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: Plans about GIANT-LOCK, SMP performance ...
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 --- dkouroun@cc.uoi.gr escribió: 
> Dear users,
> Does anybody know what are the plans,
> for locking mechanism like GIANT-LOCK in 
> future 5.3 Releases? I have heard from many
> people that this GIANT-Locking mechanism 
> is not the best thing to have! Some said 
> that it may be replaced. Some also said that
> it won't. 
> 
> 1:) What are the plans about it?
> 
> 2:) How does this affect performance?
> 
> 3:) Which is version is best for an Opteron QUAD?
>     4.10 Release or > 5.X Release ???
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> D.K.
Hi there sir
FreeBSD 5.3 has nmost subsitems giant-free,
so if you have a SMP box 5.3 is the way to go...
you'll see a lot of performance improvements!!!


Jorge Mario G. Mazo


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