From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261884AbTICEaD (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Sep 2003 00:30:03 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261978AbTICEaC (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Sep 2003 00:30:02 -0400 Received: from smtp.bitmover.com ([192.132.92.12]:36799 "EHLO smtp.bitmover.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261884AbTICE37 (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Sep 2003 00:29:59 -0400 Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2003 21:29:53 -0700 From: Larry McVoy To: Anton Blanchard Cc: Larry McVoy , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Scaling noise Message-ID: <20030903042953.GC10257@work.bitmover.com> Mail-Followup-To: Larry McVoy , Anton Blanchard , Larry McVoy , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20030903040327.GA10257@work.bitmover.com> <20030903041850.GA2978@krispykreme> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030903041850.GA2978@krispykreme> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam (whitelisted), SpamAssassin (score=0.5, required 7, AWL, DATE_IN_PAST_06_12) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 02:18:51PM +1000, Anton Blanchard wrote: > > I've frequently tried to make the point that all the scaling for lots of > > processors is nonsense. Mr Dell says it better: > > > > "Eight-way (servers) are less than 1 percent of the market and shrinking > > pretty dramatically," Dell said. "If our competitors want to claim > > they're No. 1 in eight-ways, that's fine. We want to lead the market > > with two-way and four-way (processor machines)." > > > > Tell me again that it is a good idea to screw up uniprocessor performance > > for 64 way machines. Great idea, that. Go Dinosaurs! > > And does your 4 way have hyperthreading? What part of "shrinking pretty dramatically" did you not understand? Maybe you know more than Mike Dell. Could you share that insight? -- --- Larry McVoy lm at bitmover.com http://www.bitmover.com/lm