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Re: Linux & Multiple processing?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David S. Miller)
Mon Jun 10 16:32:36 1996
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 1996 12:48:57 -0700
From: "David S. Miller" <dm@neteng.engr.sgi.com>
To: rowehrli@pixi.com
CC: rene@universal.nl, linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
In-reply-to: <31BC6629.437E@pixi.com> (message from Rob Wehrli on Mon, 10 Jun
1996 08:15:05 -1000)
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 1996 08:15:05 -1000
From: Rob Wehrli <rowehrli@pixi.com>
> > If yes would anyone know how many processors can Linux deal with at the
> > same time?
> I thought 2
1 to 16 is a bit more accurate. However, it is more likely that you'll find
hardware supporting a maximum of 2 or even 4 processors a bit more
affordable.
I've been running 4-way SMP under SparcLinux for months...
I don't know of a hardware platform that supports 16 P-CPUs, but
it sounds as if some impressive numbers would be possible with such an
animal--assuming the system wasn't extremely I/O bound.
Sun has been making ~20cpu capable machines for a few years now. SGI
has had 36-cpu capable machines for some time... expect this number to
increase exponentially, these will be considered small machines
tomorrow.
Later,
David S. Miller
dm@sgi.com
