Re: Linux 2.0 and SMP (intel)
Chris Green (bccl@peg.apc.org)
Tue, 2 Jul 1996 07:21:33 +1000
> > >
> > > ON monday I'm expecting shipment of a Micron Power Server (2 P133,
> > > 64MB RAM, PCI/EISA). Does anyone have experience running linux 2.0
on
> > > a machine like this?
> >
> > Yep, I'm running it on a dual 133MHz Pentium system, 2x2G SCSI HD's
and
> > 64MB RAM - has worked fine since the late 3.80 kernels with SMP on.
> > Rebuilt kernel the other day to turn on SMP profiling, worked first
time
> > :)
> >
> > > Do I need to do anything special for SMP. I
> > > plan on using it for a Apache machine running Apache, NFS and a bit
of
> > > X. Anything I need to watch out for?
> >
> > Exactly what I do with mine, so can't see you're likely to have any
> > problems at all!
> >
>
> How much performance jump do you see in the new SMPized kernel compared
to
> one processor?
>
I actually haven't done any benchmark on 2.0.0 (slap on wrist) yet - will
do so when I get into work. Based on the pre2.0 kernels (and my memory:)
), most of the code in a single process executes about 5% slower, but with
next to no degradation in performance if two identical processes are
running simultaneously. I'll do some proper tests and post them here.
Regards
Chris Green
Snr Software Specialist R&D
Brisbane City Council