Re: [patch] SMP alternatives

[Linus Torvalds]

On Wed, 23 Nov 2005, Andi Kleen wrote:
> 
> I don't think it'll force them to that, it will just be a common
> use case. e.g. you start a separate VM to run your firewall in.
> Do you really need it multithreaded? 

The question is: do you need a virtualized environment for it.

And the answer is: no.

I realize that you can make up an infinite number of things you _can_ use 
virtualization for. That doesn't mean that people _will_.

		Linus
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