Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sat, 23 Nov 1996 15:56:23 -0700 (MST) | From | Derrik Pates <> | Subject | Re: What is SMP? |
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On Sat, 23 Nov 1996, Charlie Ross wrote:
> > > What is an SMP kernel? > ahat advandatges/disadvantages... etc > why would somone use it?
SMP = Symmetric Multi-processor. It is only useful if you have a system with more than one CPU - generally, a large server, or something like that... most people don't have SMP systems anyway...
Derrik Pates dpates@cavern.nmsu.edu
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