Re: Benchmark for Ruby

M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:

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Speaking of such, if you are set up to rebuild your Linux kernel,
single-processor machines tend to run faster if you turn off SMP when
you rebuild the kernel.

Further, I have seen single-processor machines lock up when running some
builds of SMP kernels, to the degree that I never allow them to run.

--
Paul Lutus
http://www.arachnoid.com
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