Regarding this matter, I was reading over the SMP FAQ/HOW-TO and one of the things that was talked about was not being able to automagically thread user space programs. I'm not a programmer, but I would assume that most of the applications that the general public uses is not optimized for SMP machines. The linux kernel is/can be, but concerning the X server, is XFree86 optimized for use in a multiprocessor machine to allow for the extra work? Also, how about the office applications, are they written for use in a multi-user enviroment. I guess what I'm really asking, is there a performance increase when using a multiprocessor machine? Is the code optimized to use both processors?
joey -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jim Wildman Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 8:31 AM To: Romain Surleau Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Dual CPU The installation/boot process should detect the dual cpu's and just work. You will probably be given the choice (by Grub) of 2 kernels to boot, one with 'smp' and one without. Take the smp one, that's for multiprocessors. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jim Wildman, CISSP [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rossberry.com On Wed, 12 Jun 2002, Romain Surleau wrote: > Hello all, > > I have now tested ltsp on a few stations with happyness, and would > like to install it completely in my department. > My question is : is there something special to do if my server has > two CPUs ? Is it a good idea to do this on that machine (dual PIII > 550 Mhz) ? > > Thanks. > Romain Surleau > Centre de Langues - Université de Bourgogne > http://nemo.u-bourgogne.fr/ > > > _______________________________________________________________ > > Sponsored by: > ThinkGeek at http://www.ThinkGeek.com/ > _____________________________________________________________________ > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net > _______________________________________________________________ Sponsored by: ThinkGeek at http://www.ThinkGeek.com/ _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net _______________________________________________________________ Sponsored by: ThinkGeek at http://www.ThinkGeek.com/ _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net
