Re: SMP kernel on uniprocessor system?

H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
3 Oct 1999 20:40:38 GMT

Followup to: <19991003132156.A25400@tk212017114173.teleweb.at>
By author: thomasz@hostmaster.org
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
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> > No advantages. Performance and memory waste disavantages.
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> I thought the SMP kernel utilizes some of the more advanced features (eg. I=
> O/APIC) of the Intel architecture so it would have some advantages too when=
> used on a uniprocessor system.
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Only if you're running uniprocessor on an SMP motherboard.

-hpa

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