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Re: Dual P-100
Hi Amos,
Did you try to compile the kernel or other big packages with
MAKE="make -j 3" make zImage
it should make compilation twice as fast as the regular make command.
Can you check the linuxthreads-0.5 to be really working on SMP
machine ? Does it really do the job. This library uses multiple
Processes with the same address space (see clone(2)).
Erez
On Thu, 19 Dec 1996, Amos Shapira wrote:
> I sent a private reply to Ira about his question and only then I saw
> that it was posted on the list as well. I explained that I saw
> impruvments because of various hardware reasons (CPU, memory, bus).
>
> But the bit I liked the most was that when I switched 2.0.10 to 2.0.27
> I felt a huge speedup even though my first 2.0.27 compilation wasn't
> SMP (have to manually turn on a flag in the Makefile).
>
> Yesterday I switched an ISP's Linux machine from 2.0.6 (Debian 1.1.11)
> to 2.0.27 and felt a speedup even through the net).
>
> As for buying two P-100 instead of one P-133 or higher - I bought a
> P-100 about six months ago when it was (and quite still) enough for me
> (I use the home machine mainly for Internet connectivity and develop
> at work on SGI machines, and back then I was in an NT project, so
> there was little chance I'll work at home). Since P-100's are
> becoming endangered species (or so I was told) I prefered to buy
> another one so I can exploit what I allready have. With this setup I
> hope to be able to work at home (especially that we are seriously
> considering using Linux at least for some of the platforms in the
> product). I'd expect multi-cpu to help me compile my stuff faster.
>
> So that's my explenation.
>
> --Amos
>
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>
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