Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Compatible with i386/UP but optimised for i686/SMP | Date | Mon, 01 Jun 1998 15:25:06 +0100 | From | Tethys <> |
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>> Or a sysadmin, in a situation where managing different kernels for that >> extra bit of efficiency isn't worth the administrative overhead. > > When you need to have a single kernel for lots of similar machines, >they are usually UP, so compiling a SMP kernel doesn't make sense.
Please don't generalise like this. We're rolling out dual PPros or PIIs on over 4000 desktops. *You* may not come across this situation often, but you shouldn't assume that others won't. Until the rollout is complete (and it's taking its time), we've got a mix of UP and SMP machines.
Tet
PS. No, sadly most of the aren't running Linux. Yet :-)
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