Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 6 Dec 2001 17:32:04 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 6 Dec 2001 17:31:48 -0500 Received: from lightning.swansea.linux.org.uk ([194.168.151.1]:50706 "EHLO the-village.bc.nu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 6 Dec 2001 17:30:23 -0500 Subject: Re: SMP/cc Cluster description To: lm@bitmover.com (Larry McVoy) Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 22:37:18 +0000 (GMT) Cc: davem@redhat.com (David S. Miller), lm@bitmover.com, 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 In-Reply-To: <20011206122116.H27589@work.bitmover.com> from "Larry McVoy" at Dec 06, 2001 12:21:16 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL6] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: From: Alan Cox Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > problem. Scheduler, networking, device drivers, everything. That's > thousands of locks and uncountable bugs, not to mention the impact on > uniprocessor performance. Most of my block drivers in Linux have one lock. The block queuing layer has one lock which is often the same lock. > You tell me - which is easier, multithreading the networking stack to > 64 way SMP or running 64 distinct networking stacks? Which is easier. Managing 64 routers or managing 1 router ? - 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/