Subject: Re: mc* performance patch
To: Allen Briggs <briggs@netbsd.org>
From: Tim Kelly <hockey@dialectronics.com>
List: port-macppc
Date: 01/17/2005 13:17:29
At 1:05 PM -0500 1/17/05, Allen Briggs wrote:
>I suspect that this is due to additional locking and so forth in
>the MP kernels.

Nathan Williams also stated that this difference is due to kernel locking.
I have not had time to post his comments, but I plan to do so soon. It is
purely a seat of the pants feeling, but networking like ssh feels snappier
on SP than MP.

> Is "options MULTIPROCESSOR" the only difference
>between the two config files?

The MP config file includes the SP config file and adds the above option.

tim