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On Monday 08 January 2007 14:16, "Nico Schümann" |
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<nico.schuemann@××××××××××.com> wrote about '[gentoo-user] Core 2 duo: |
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Building threaded program versions': |
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> Then I tried to bunzip a large file and found out that the machine was |
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> about 40 % in idle which is clear because bzip2 is only one process. |
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> So is there any way to build those utilities like bzip2 or gzip in a |
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> thread-using way? |
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In general, no. If there was a magic way to turn non-parallel activities |
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into parallel activities it would be done by the kernel and/or gcc |
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automagically AND we would have seen desktops be multi-core years ago. |
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> It's not that nice to see the machine in idle at |
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> all^^ |
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Multi-task. |
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I'm doing very little right now and I have 207 processes running. |
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The great thing about my 4 cores is I be doing all kinds of crazy stuff in |
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the background and my games/full-screen video never miss a beat. |
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-- |
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"If there's one thing we've established over the years, |
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it's that the vast majority of our users don't have the slightest |
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clue what's best for them in terms of package stability." |
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-- Gentoo Developer Ciaran McCreesh |
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