From owner-freebsd-performance@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 15 03:11:37 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F05FC16A412 for ; Sun, 15 Oct 2006 03:11:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tec@mega.net.br) Received: from msrv.matik.com.br (msrv.matik.com.br [200.152.83.14]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45E6043D45 for ; Sun, 15 Oct 2006 03:11:36 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tec@mega.net.br) Received: from ap-h.matik.com.br (ap-h.matik.com.br [200.152.83.36]) by msrv.matik.com.br (8.13.8/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k9F3BZda047266 for ; Sun, 15 Oct 2006 00:11:35 -0300 (BRT) (envelope-from tec@mega.net.br) From: NOC Meganet Organization: Prowip Telecom Ltda To: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 00:12:08 -0300 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200610150012.08600.tec@mega.net.br> X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.88.4, clamav-milter version 0.88.4 on msrv.matik.com.br X-Virus-Status: Clean Subject: Re: Performance 4.x vs. 6.x X-BeenThere: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Performance/tuning List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 03:11:38 -0000 On Saturday 14 October 2006 17:13, Danial Thom wrote: > The fact that a processor has 2 cores doesn't > mean you have to use them, just like a MB with 2 > sockets doesn't need both to be used. If the OS > is faster with 1 processor than 2, then you only > use one of the cores. The concept that you have > to fire up both of them just because they're > there is just stupid. > you also can pick yourself in one eye and still can see with the other or you can cut one leg and hop around on the other, great ideas you have so then your smart tip is running 4.11-UP on Tyan S4882D with 4 Opterons 8xx dual-core? mhhh ... > Freebsd 4.11 is dead because of a stupid decision > but people who thought that MP would have been > working 2 years ago. They continue to not be able > to promise any scalability in the foreseeable > future, so maybe they need to revisit the > decision. > yes! and I also prefere horses with wagons instead of red V12 cars and even this guys know that horses are better and put a horse into their logo ... > "supporting" 4.11 only means making it work with > new devices, not porting everything back. The > only things necessary would be SATA and a bunch > of NICs. Most MBs work with 4.x so its not a big > maintenance project. > you just bought yourself your lifetime project, when do you start? Hans -- Prowip Telecom Ltda AS 22706 A mensagem foi scaneada pelo sistema de e-mail e pode ser considerada segura. Service fornecido pelo Datacenter Matik https://datacenter.matik.com.br