Re: SMP/cc Cluster description

Alan Cox
2001-12-06T22:32:04Z

> problem. Scheduler, networking, device drivers, everything. That's
> thousands of locks and uncountable bugs, not to mention the impact on
> uniprocessor performance.

Most of my block drivers in Linux have one lock. The block queuing layer
has one lock which is often the same lock.

> You tell me - which is easier, multithreading the networking stack to
> 64 way SMP or running 64 distinct networking stacks?

Which is easier. Managing 64 routers or managing 1 router ?