Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 21:07:17 -0600 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: Hugo <admin@6s-gaming.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: single threaded apps on dual cpu's Message-ID: <20040314030717.GA12978@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <17949.212.113.164.104.1079227560.squirrel@mail.6s-gaming.com> References: <17949.212.113.164.104.1079227560.squirrel@mail.6s-gaming.com>
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In the last episode (Mar 14), Hugo said: > I have a doubt. I just read on a forum that a single threaded > application will only use one CPU. Reading ULE's descriptive paper, I > think this is wrong. It IS possible for a single threaded app to use > both CPUs, who are sharing the load amongst themselves, right? A single-threaded app can only run on one CPU, since that's what single-threaded means. On a dual-CPU system, both 4BSD and ULE will run two single-threaded apps simultaneously, one on each CPU. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com
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