Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2013 18:59:14 -0800 (PST) From: Barney Cordoba <barney_cordoba@yahoo.com> To: Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: To SMP or not to SMP Message-ID: <1357613954.19271.YahooMailClassic@web121604.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <D31EB71D-3274-4A9A-93BC-B0C2AB3C9FC5@gmail.com>
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--- On Mon, 1/7/13, Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com> wrote: > From: Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: To SMP or not to SMP > To: "Barney Cordoba" <barney_cordoba@yahoo.com> > Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org > Date: Monday, January 7, 2013, 9:38 PM > 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. It might not be wise, but I'd guess that 99% of the development work is being done on SMP systems, so who knows what weirdness non-smp systems might have. BChelp
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