On Sat, 2003-09-20 at 08:53, Jack Coates wrote: > On Sat, 2003-09-20 at 07:53, Eric Huff wrote: > > > There's an interesting article at > > > > > > http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-boot.html?ca=dgr-lnxw04BootFaster > > > > That is an interesting article. > > The /. discussion also pointed to a more sophisticated setup in > Gentoo... in both cases, this is more work than the average admin or > poweruser can justify, but it would be nifty if the distros did it for > you. The flipside is that it makes understanding and troubleshooting the > process a little tougher.
Tougher than the spaghetti code we have now? I've also played with the Gentoo system.... it's ok. but not as earth shaking as the slash dotters make it seem. This however has the advantage of fitting in with existing software. No need to rewrite all of the programs inits. James > > > > > So, if paralelling speeds things up, doesn't that mean that some > > processes are waiting for hardware? Or do intel chips actually > > parallel? > > > > Paralleling obviously works great for human interaction (one web page > > loading while reading another). But if the processes are using up all > > the cpu, paralleling shouldn't help unless there is a piece of > > hardware/peripheral it's waiting for, right? > > > > once the kernel's up, you've got a multi-tasking OS at hand. No matter > how busy a given process is, there's resource for others; otherwise, > your computer would lock up every time a process hangs. > > > eric
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