On 21 Mar 2002, at 3:56, Adrian Chadd <adrian@squid-cache.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 21, 2002, Andres Kroonmaa wrote:
> > > actually, Solaris generally _isn't_ compiled for SMP. you're confusing
> > > pre-emption with SMP.
> > > also note that the big-iron sun hardware with >4 CPUs isn't SMP but rather
> > > CC-NUMA.
> >
> > Hehe ;) do you seriously think you can get away with that?
> > We all now expect you share ~500 words to back your statement. ;)
> >
> > I can agree that Solaris is not _compiled_ for SMP, it rather _is_
> > by its very design. And that does take its toll.
>
> Ok, maybe I was a little unclear. Yes, Solaris 8 is built out
> of the box for concurrenc CPUs, but I've seen solaris 8 builds
> that have all the kernel mutexes NULLed out - effectively making it
> single CPU only. The speedup was pretty impressive on the x86.
wow, I wouldn't even dream this is possible. That must be some
heavy woodoo. Aside from impressive speed, ahem, did it work? ;)
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