Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 27 Nov 1998 20:38:41 -0500 (EST) | From | Dave Wreski <> | Subject | RE: SMP scalability: 8 -> 32 CPUs |
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On 28-Nov-98 Eloy A. Paris wrote: > Guys, excuse my ignorance, but does anyone know why Linus said in his > last Linux Journal interview that right now it is fairly unrealistic > to expect scaling from 8 to 32 CPUs? What's stopping Linux to scale in > terms of CPUs?
1. Because there aren't many PCs with 8 or more CPUs around to do testing on. 2. Because of #1, our efforts are better spent working on more real-life problems.
Among more techincal reasons, I'm sure.
Dave
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