Linus Torvalds (torvalds@transmeta.com) wrote:
> Threaded kernels are WAAAY overvalued. I did not agree with the
> low-latency patches because I thought they were ugly for no real
> gain. I _would_ agree to the UP-case only thing, simply because it
> uses the SMP locking that already exists, and extends it in a simple
> way to the UP case ("threading" a UP box by making the scheduling
> consider one CPU as a special case of multiple CPU's).
Don't forget the debugging advantages. Suddenly the vast unwashed horde
of us using UP boxes will start beating the SMP locking logic to death
on a daily basis looking for race conditions. :)
So, would this be a 2.4 thing or is it just too dangerous this late in
the game?
Rob
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