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| From: | Pádraig Brady |
| Subject: | Re: [PATCH] core-count: A new program to count the number of cpu cores |
| Date: | Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:55:00 +0000 |
| User-agent: | Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20071008) |
Pádraig Brady wrote: > Paolo Bonzini wrote: >> >> Of course this should only apply if its effect is not externally >> observable; if I have a very small file B and a very large file A, and I >> can get >> >> $ md5sum --threads A B >> abcdabcdabcdabcdabcdabcdabcdabcd B >> 12341234123412341234123412341234 A >> >> Then the option would be necessary. > > Good point Paolo. > I think that's another argument for splitting separate files to different > threads. Grr. An argument for _not_ splitting. As per the reasons I gave here: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2009-10/msg00179.html cheers, Pádraig.
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