| Date | Sun, 2 Oct 2005 17:05:42 -0400 (EDT) | From | Rik van Riel <> | Subject | Re: what's next for the linux kernel? |
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On Sun, 2 Oct 2005, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
> and, what is the linux kernel? > > it's a daft, monolithic design that is suitable and faster on > single-processor systems, and that design is going to look _really_ > outdated, really soon.
Linux already has a number of scalable SMP synchronisation mechanisms. The main scalability effort nowadays is about the avoidance of so-called "cache line bouncing".
http://wiki.kernelnewbies.org/wiki/SMPSynchronisation
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