>
> > It seems that there is a lack of foresight here...you're losing a year or
> > more of engineering time and before SMPng is stablilized the IA-64 will be
> > out and most multiprocessor applications will be rushing to move over
> to that.
>
>I know that engaging you in conversation is a futile exercise but
>I'd like to point out that we've got our feet in both boats right
>now as well as some others that you don't mention.
>Ia64 is nearly working, we are taking the platform quite seriously.
>
>You think Intel isn't going to market dual/quad ia64 machines?
Yes, but who'll need them?
You say that "engaging me" is useless, yet you dont make a point that has
anything to do with what i said. My question is, Is it worth it to tear
apart the FreeBSD internals and to significantly adulterate the kernel
proper with SMP-specifics to sqeeze some extra performance in the wake of
the forthcoming performance boosts seems counterproductive. We dont program
in assembler (much), because the extra performance isnt worth the effort.
Im not saying that SMP should not be supported, only that making the OS and
drivers more cumbersome for a small performance boost may be
counterproductive in the long run.
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