>> I have seen a case of a system with 2xP2/400 CPU's and maxed out
>> with RAM perform faster on a UP kernel than an SMP one, so such
>> is possible
> Maybe you should run `make -j80 zlilo' instead of `make zlilo'
> ;). Do you see my point? If you run only one task the
> performances theorically should be the _same_.
Never having used zlilo, I wouldnae know, but the said system was
distinctly faster under the UP kernel than the SMP one with the
following command:
Q> make -j bzImage
Please advise how that compares with your sample?
> With the difference that in smp a kernel you have the spinlock
> overhead, but in the up kernel all irqs are run over the current
> task.
Meaning ???
Best wishes from Riley.
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