site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: Darwin-dev@lists.apple.com Domainkey-signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=nRKdH3Q4vPuRX4ergr9Z0bOSLYxnoEt2RY3NOp0C0t+qtx37QEBpMKnnMGFlOq/NcgzdcCpJRmGiYPpWT8ktbyEC910T5bGewBJqwfQiO28BOQRdvGXEIKi1KBo4NiHWlKOBlQa/yG4yTVdDuQ47eR8duk8c6fWUmtV4SEc2YrQ= On 6/2/05, Alexey V. Medvedev <medvedev@cfd.ru> wrote:

On Thu, 2 Jun 2005 11:57:36 -0700 Shantonu Sen <ssen@opendarwin.org> wrote:

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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. _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Darwin-dev mailing list (Darwin-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/darwin-dev/site_archiver%40lists.appl... This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com