HEADS UP: GENERIC and X86_64_GENERIC now have 'options SMP'

Samuel J. Greear sjg at evilcode.net
Tue May 24 19:31:24 PDT 2011


On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 6:17 PM, Venkatesh Srinivas <me at acm.jhu.edu> wrote:
> Have there been any measurements as to performance penalties with
> 'options SMP' on uniprocessor systems?
>
> -- vs
>

Not AFAIK, but quantifying the damage should be a definite
prerequisite before eliminating the SMP option altogether -- though
that is not on the table for at least another release.

Sam





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