Re: a joint letter on low latency and Linux

[Andi Kleen]

On Fri, Jun 30, 2000 at 09:52:35AM -0700, Larry McVoy wrote:
> So the choices are then 
> 
>     a) non-threaded UP and threaded SMP vs
>     b) threaded UP and threaded SMP.
> 
> Sun took choice (b) and SGI took choice (a).  I've worked in both places
> on both kernels and I believe that the Sun approach is better.

Wow, I must have misread you then all over the years.

So why do you believe that threaded UP is better than non-threaded UP ? 
(what advantage does it give that pays back the immense costs)  

-Andi