Andrew Bennetts wrote:
O Plameras wrote:
[...]
So, what about what Ubunto does when it implements SMP ?
What part of this is unclear:
Spinlock is shown for UP.
What is spinlock for SMP ?
Jeff Waugh wrote:
Let's be clear:
1) Ubuntu currently ships and supports separate packages for UP and SMP
kernels
2) Ubuntu is experimenting with (in the developer branch) a patch that will
dynamically optimise out the SMP locks on UP systems, thus allowing us
to build only one kernel package for both UP and SMP systems
?
-Andrew.
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