> I'm just curius, what's the purpose of having 2 virtuell cpu's defined > when > only 1 physical is around.
Some algorithms operate better with 2 or more engines to schedule things on. From the Linux perspective, having 2 virtual CPUs often causes the application to schedule work differently than it would on a uniprocessor, in some cases in a way that is more resource efficient, even on a physical uniprocessor. The simulation in VM allows 1 physical CPU to service multiple virtual CPUs. It's not optimum, but it can still make a difference in the operation of the Linux application. Notes is my favorite example of this. On a uni, Notes does some tasks sequentially and blocks other things while those tasks are in progress. On a virtual MP, those long-running tasks get scheduled on one of the other processors, and you get better application behavior. It still doesn't magically produce more processing power, but it may allow what you have to be used more effectively. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
