Re: Linux can't stay up for more than an hour?

Andrea Arcangeli (andrea@e-mind.com)
Tue, 11 May 1999 17:24:13 +0200 (CEST)


On Sat, 8 May 1999, Thomas Wouters wrote:

>Run something like rc5 or seti-at-home on low priority, and see if it gets
>scheduled :-) Also, keep an eye on vmstat -- if your machine starts

If it's not get scheduled it doesn't mean the cpu is used for doing useful
things. The cpu may be spinning for a spinlock or waiting the last bh
handler to expire.

But don't understimate SMP, SMP gives an huge improvement.

Andrea Arcangeli

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