SMP question

Artemio (artemio@artemio.net)
Wed, 11 Jun 2003 20:43:11 +0300


Hello!

I have the following question.

My system is 2x 2.4Ghz Xeons.

Linux kernel 2.4.18 compiled with SMP support sees it as four processors.
SMP-disabled kernel sees one, of course.

I would like to know, how will it influence the system performance, if I run a
UP kernel?

What does the kernel SMP support add? Just some API for additinal
multiprocessor control? Will the SMP-enabled kernel run faster than the UP
one?

That's what I would like to know.

Thanks!

Artemio.

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