On 8/4/2011 9:15 AM, Frank Lanitz wrote: > Other applications do need to support multi threading in most cases > already inside source code.
Very few FOSS Linux applications are written with threads. Those needing it simply fork processes to achieve multiprocessor scalability. I've not done a study, but I'd make an educated guess that of the 20K+ packages shipped with Debian GNU/Linux, less than 100 use threads. Those written with threads tend to be image processing applications and simulation programs. The Linux kernel itself is the most highly threaded "program" in the ecosystem by many orders of magnitude. The kernel makes very heavy use of threads. This is why it scales fairly linearly to 2560+ processors. (http://www.sgi.com/products/servers/altix/uv/) -- Stan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4e3ab4c0.3070...@hardwarefreak.com
