Multiprocessor system VS one processor system

[Brian D.Moffet]

If I remember correctly, FreeBSD (4.8 I believe) will run multiple 
threads of one process on multiple CPUs, correct?  Or am I seeing 
something very odd on my multi-thread test (with 2 CPUs)?

Brian

On Friday, March 12, 2004, at 09:02 AM, Simon wrote:

>
> While FreeBSD 4.9 can only run one process per CPU, in a multi-user
> environment, you will have multiple processes running on multiple CPUs
> at the same time. You can't do this with 1 CPU, even if that one CPU
> is faster. Of course, an outdated dual CPU server is not a lot faster 
> than
> a 2x+ faster newer single CPU server.

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