Re: what's next for the linux kernel?

[Robert Hancock]

Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
> and, what is the linux kernel?
>
> it's a daft, monolithic design that is suitable and faster on
> single-processor systems, and that design is going to look _really_
> outdated, really soon.

Well, it sounds like it works pretty well on such things as 512 CPU 
Altix systems, so it sounds like the suggestion that Linux is designed 
solely for single-processor systems and isn't suitable for multicore, 
hyperthreaded CPUs doesn't hold much water..

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