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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 :-) -- ``Live free or die; death is not the worst of evils'' - General George Stark --------------------+--------------+---------------------------------------- tethys@ml.com | Micro$oft: | Linux, the choice of a GNU generation. tet@astradyne.co.uk | Just say no! | See http://www.uk.linux.org for details - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu | |||||||||
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