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Re: User experiences with peempt kernel patch and SMP machines



On Sat, 2002-07-13 at 11:37, nick lidakis wrote:
> I have read that adding the preemptive kernel patch makes for a more 
> responsive workstation machine. I wanted to apply this patch to my 
> machine, but I'm curerrently running an SMP kernel on a dual pentium 
> board. Has anyone noticed an improvement using this patch? Does a dual 
> pentium and SMP kernel obviate the need for this patch? Nothing SMP 
> specific turns up ona Google search or Robert Love (the patch 
> maintainer) website.
Don't bother, what the pre-empt patch does is basically implement some
of the SMP code for UP systems, since you already have SMP enabled,
pre-empt won't do anything for you. Low latency on the other hand, may
do some good, I don't know.
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