[bf1942] Does BF1942 Linux Dedicated Server benefit from SMP?

Ryan C. Gordon icculus at clutteredmind.org
Thu Jan 2 12:52:40 EST 2003


> as for does it use SMP i have no found the answer my self, all i can
> say is each CPU on my server gets loaded up on starting a server but
> no idea if it uses them both when running or anyhink!

It uses a separate thread for socket i/o, which can jump to a second CPU,
but this is a thread that spends most of its life idle.

SMP is most useful for running multiple servers on the same box (this is
true for most game servers, too).

--ryan.





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