Re: Darwin 8.0 on x86 and SMP (Dual CPU)
Re: Darwin 8.0 on x86 and SMP (Dual CPU)
- Subject: Re: Darwin 8.0 on x86 and SMP (Dual CPU)
- From: David Leimbach <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 19:04:39 -0700
On 6/2/05, Alexey V. Medvedev <email@hidden> wrote:
> On Thu, 2 Jun 2005 11:57:36 -0700
> Shantonu Sen <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> > The larger question is probably "why are you asking about SMP support
> > on Darwin x86". If you are expecting high or even reasonable
> > performance (compared to Linux or FreeBSD), you're probably not
> > installing Darwin for the right reasons. Darwin x86 is not about
> > performance or peripheral support.
>
> First of all, I just want to make experiments, not to use it for
> production. I can understand poor peripheral support, but as to bad
> performance -- it was quite surprising to me. Is there good reasons
> for Darwin x86 to be less efficient than Darwin PPC?
How about until recently no one cared about x86 beyond "making it work".
>
> For my experiments I need only good performance of thread scheduler,
> malloc, IPC and probably TCP/IP stack + Gigabit Ethernet driver. Can't
> see why x86 port is sure to have bad performance in this case.
>
You'll find out when you experiment on your own if these are good
enough for your needs.
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