On Mon, 19 Jun 2000, Jonathan Klay wrote:
> Speaking of dual processors, I read somewhere recently that Linux currently
> doesn't scale well with additional cpus, but the 2.4 kernel will have much
> improved multiprocessor support.
> Anyone know anything on this? I couldn't find where I read it again today.
>
Not that I know much about kernel hacking myself, but I also read
that. Basically, the criticism is that adding an extra processor to a
Linux box does not scale very well and it definitely makes no difference
whatsoever after you try to get over the 4 CPU threshold.
The answer to your second question, according to what I read is that yes,
the next 2.4.x kernel will improve SMP support.
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