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From: Bryan O'Sullivan (bos_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-04-25 08:53:23


On Mon, 2005-04-25 at 12:01 +0100, Eugene BT wrote:

> In /usr/src/linux/Documentation/numastat.txt it states that "Note that
> it only works well right now on machines with a small number of CPUs."
> Is this still the case and are there linux flavours that include the
> equivalent of numactl that works well on machines with 4-8 cpus?

8 *is* a small number. Seriously, that comment is more about huge NUMA
boxes like the Altix. I have access to some 4-CPU dual-core Opterons,
and they work well when tuned only a little.

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