Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 11:05:02 +0100 (CET) From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@tensor.gdynia.pl> To: Vulpes Velox <v.velox@vvelox.net> Cc: David Schulz <mailinglists@tca-cable-connector.com>, FreeBSD Questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Howmany CPU Does FreeBSD Support ? Message-ID: <20070312110429.D43617@chylonia.3miasto.net> In-Reply-To: <20070311194326.4da9e341@vixen42> References: <6faf55220703100845u62eab431y3a16ae0d8cb3bba7@mail.gmail.com> <55D533EB-26F9-40B7-838B-8BCB9D0A9463@tca-cable-connector.com> <20070310223906.E8914@chylonia.3miasto.net> <20070311194326.4da9e341@vixen42>
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>> for machines doing mostly fileserving and routing even 2 CPUs may >> be not well utilized > > That is only true if the process is giant locked. When look at dmesg, > look for things that say GIANT-LOCKED and those will be ones confined > to one processor. There has been a massive push since 5 to get ride > of those. top shows giant-lock RARELY when i observe my machines.
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