Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 09:36:36 -0800 From: "Jin Guojun [DSD]" <j_guojun@lbl.gov> To: "Brian D.Moffet" <brianm@moffetimages.com> Cc: "freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org" <freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Multiprocessor system VS one processor system Message-ID: <4051F524.619DAACD@lbl.gov> References: <9D5B14F0-7448-11D8-80C3-000A957CD220@moffetimages.com>
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I do not think FreeBSD has yet supported SMP thread, which I hoped
to happen for a long time.
-Jin
"Brian D.Moffet" wrote:
> If I remember correctly, FreeBSD (4.8 I believe) will run multiple
> threads of one process on multiple CPUs, correct? Or am I seeing
> something very odd on my multi-thread test (with 2 CPUs)?
>
> Brian
>
> On Friday, March 12, 2004, at 09:02 AM, Simon wrote:
>
> >
> > While FreeBSD 4.9 can only run one process per CPU, in a multi-user
> > environment, you will have multiple processes running on multiple CPUs
> > at the same time. You can't do this with 1 CPU, even if that one CPU
> > is faster. Of course, an outdated dual CPU server is not a lot faster
> > than
> > a 2x+ faster newer single CPU server.
>
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