From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 8 02:39:09 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 594AD8E0 for ; Tue, 8 Jan 2013 02:39:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yanegomi@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pa0-f41.google.com (mail-pa0-f41.google.com [209.85.220.41]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36B443EA for ; Tue, 8 Jan 2013 02:39:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-pa0-f41.google.com with SMTP id bj3so21806pad.0 for ; Mon, 07 Jan 2013 18:39:03 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:subject:mime-version:content-type:from:in-reply-to:date :cc:content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to:x-mailer; bh=0SMOpzWM3dsStXvEl3b0FZ98feAym7Od+CZLnl/ITtI=; b=RVFU3rb/WzuhIg2yA/sTgaVGh5Y+BFZ33u6eG1mPv01QCVldaRZIsK7xz2iLUw4sta qll1zAg9vr6tbuQm6BkfYQhnN/z4ByKYdPpqFVeimesEUU0SuatOSbCzEjspmx7nbf0X PHlbCmfjMypgEoipyl1tTay7/O1Rkvo5WMd39a8VE38G2jrWzePK91wHPt1ifUyZD0BD +GiidW7XzN0FQZeEAoPeocHpxoOd+MUBFzGCybHArw51f3mw8wSSCVCj+/M35R8SMGpx +RXZl1Ezjt+M8Bi9Fm9kmy/iujyhAf4hDjrvuJBj4ciuaZQz0yvKmcHP4pZLD0tQwWPg NZaA== X-Received: by 10.68.190.227 with SMTP id gt3mr194436912pbc.5.1357612743601; Mon, 07 Jan 2013 18:39:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.242.58] (c-67-182-131-225.hsd1.wa.comcast.net. [67.182.131.225]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id y9sm4156904paw.1.2013.01.07.18.38.59 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Mon, 07 Jan 2013 18:39:02 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: To SMP or not to SMP Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1283) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Garrett Cooper In-Reply-To: <1357611958.66651.YahooMailClassic@web121603.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2013 18:38:59 -0800 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <1357611958.66651.YahooMailClassic@web121603.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> To: Barney Cordoba X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1283) Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2013 02:39:09 -0000 On Jan 7, 2013, at 6:25 PM, Barney Cordoba wrote: > I have a situation where I have to run 9.1 on an old single core box. = Does anyone have a handle on whether it's better to build a non SMP = kernel or to just use a standard SMP build with just the one core? = Thanks. Non-SMP. I don't see why it would be wise to involve the = standard locking structure overhead for a single-core box. Cheers, -Garrett=