Messages in this thread |  | | From | "Chris Green" <> | Subject | Re: Linux 2.0 and SMP (intel) | Date | Tue, 2 Jul 1996 07:21:33 +1000 |
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> > > > > > ON monday I'm expecting shipment of a Micron Power Server (2 P133, > > > 64MB RAM, PCI/EISA). Does anyone have experience running linux 2.0 on > > > a machine like this? > > > > Yep, I'm running it on a dual 133MHz Pentium system, 2x2G SCSI HD's and > > 64MB RAM - has worked fine since the late 3.80 kernels with SMP on. > > Rebuilt kernel the other day to turn on SMP profiling, worked first time > > :) > > > > > Do I need to do anything special for SMP. I > > > plan on using it for a Apache machine running Apache, NFS and a bit of > > > X. Anything I need to watch out for? > > > > Exactly what I do with mine, so can't see you're likely to have any > > problems at all! > > > > How much performance jump do you see in the new SMPized kernel compared to > one processor? > I actually haven't done any benchmark on 2.0.0 (slap on wrist) yet - will do so when I get into work. Based on the pre2.0 kernels (and my memory:) ), most of the code in a single process executes about 5% slower, but with next to no degradation in performance if two identical processes are running simultaneously. I'll do some proper tests and post them here.
Regards Chris Green Snr Software Specialist R&D Brisbane City Council
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