Messages in this thread | | | From | (H. Peter Anvin) | Subject | Re: SMP kernel on uniprocessor system? | Date | 3 Oct 1999 20:40:38 GMT |
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Followup to: <19991003132156.A25400@tk212017114173.teleweb.at> By author: thomasz@hostmaster.org In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > > --tGceIWMpwPy6rMIV > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > > No advantages. Performance and memory waste disavantages. > >=20 > > Andrea > > I thought the SMP kernel utilizes some of the more advanced features (eg. I= > O/APIC) of the Intel architecture so it would have some advantages too when= > used on a uniprocessor system. >
Only if you're running uniprocessor on an SMP motherboard.
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