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Re: multiple processors
On 30-Jul-98 Ira Abramov wrote:
> ONE caveat though, although it's very stable (I use it for production, so
> does Dejanews, and don't quote me but I know for a fact that Trasmeta does
> the same), SMP kernels have a horrible problem with tracking time
> correctly. make sure you lock your SMP machine to another unix or
> single-CPU linux box through xntpd (the easiest daemon to configure I
> know).
I run rdate periodically from cron on the client side. No need to use any
special daemon (neither on the reference box).
Regards,
Evgeny
PS. I use SMP for more than 1.5 year, both at home and at work. Lately (since
2.0.33) it's very stable.
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