Re: SMP kernel on uniprocessor system?

afei@jhu.edu
Sun, 03 Oct 1999 00:25:11 -0400 (EDT)

The disadvantage is obvious: It will greatly reduce the performance,
especially the scheduling/rescheduling part within the kernel.

The advantage: you can make a boot diskette with this kernel to boot a SMP
machine.

Fei

On Sat, 2 Oct 1999 thomasz@hostmaster.org wrote:

> What are the advantages/disadvantages running a SMP kernel on a uniprocessor system?
>
> thanx,
> Thomas
>
> Windows 98 supports real multitasking - it can boot and crash simultaneously.
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