Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 6 Dec 2001 16:04:37 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 6 Dec 2001 16:04:30 -0500 Received: from pizda.ninka.net ([216.101.162.242]:10635 "EHLO pizda.ninka.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 6 Dec 2001 16:02:50 -0500 Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2001 13:02:02 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <20011206.130202.107681970.davem@redhat.com> To: lm@bitmover.com Cc: phillips@bonn-fries.net, davidel@xmailserver.org, rusty@rustcorp.com.au, Martin.Bligh@us.ibm.com, riel@conectiva.com.br, lars.spam@nocrew.org, alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, hps@intermeta.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: SMP/cc Cluster description From: "David S. Miller" In-Reply-To: <20011206122116.H27589@work.bitmover.com> In-Reply-To: <20011206121004.F27589@work.bitmover.com> <20011206.121554.106436207.davem@redhat.com> <20011206122116.H27589@work.bitmover.com> X-Mailer: Mew version 2.0 on Emacs 21.0 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Larry McVoy Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 12:21:16 -0800 You tell me - which is easier, multithreading the networking stack to 64 way SMP or running 64 distinct networking stacks? We've done %90 of the "other stuff" already, why waste the work? We've done the networking, we've done the scheduler, and the networking/block drivers are there too. I was actually pretty happy with how easy (relatively) the networking was to thread nicely. The point is, you have to make a captivating argument for ccClusters, what does it buy us now that we've done a lot of the work you are telling us it will save? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/