| Date | Sun, 05 Dec 1999 16:15:49 -0500 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: Portable binary modules |
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Kendall Bennett wrote: > In many cases binary modules could easily be built as SMP compatible > without any real performance hit on the system. If there is a > performance hit, the developer can build both SMP and UP versions of > the modules.
There's a definite performance hit for running SMP code on UP. And it will only get worse in the era of 750 Mhz UP machines and gigabit ethernet...
-- Jeff Garzik | Just once, I wish we would encounter Building 1024 | an alien menace that wasn't immune to MandrakeSoft, Inc. | bullets. -- The Brigadier, "Dr. Who"
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