Parallel x86_64 CPU Bringup Linux Patches Revised For Quicker Boot Times

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Parallel x86_64 CPU Bringup Linux Patches Revised For Quicker Boot Times

The Linux kernel patches that alow bringing up x86_64 CPU cores in parallel when booting the system have been revised for faster boot times on today's systems from high core count desktops to massive servers...

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Parallel-x86_64-Boot-v4

[phoronixk]

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That suitcase must be worth the price of an apartment!

[George99]

Where have all the seconds gone?
Long time booting.
Where have all the seconds gone?
Long time ago.
Where have all the seconds gone?
The cores have picked them every one.
Oh, When will you speed it up?
Oh, When will you speed this up?

[microcode]

Where have all the seconds gone?
Long time booting.
Where have all the seconds gone?
Long time ago.
Where have all the seconds gone?
The cores have picked them every one.
Oh, When will you speed it up?
Oh, When will you speed this up?

Lest we forget.

[NateHubbard]

Where have all the seconds gone?
Long time booting.
Where have all the seconds gone?
Long time ago.
Where have all the seconds gone?
The cores have picked them every one.
Oh, When will you speed it up?
Oh, When will you speed this up?

So, I had to look that up. I've heard of Peter, Paul and Mary.
But I've only heard of them.
You must be a lot older than me, and I'm not young.

[BingoNightly]

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That suitcase must be worth the price of an apartment!

Finally the contents of Marsellus Wallace's briefcase!

[schestowitz]

What is going on here? Michael, those chips cost a furture and are not needed in these quantities for the purpose of testing/comparing. Who sent these? Please clarify.

[schestowitz]

The bigger problem with the pi, this Microsoft thing inside the chip aside, was the addition of packages.microsoft.com (proprietary software), without consent, to all raspi OS devices one year ago (end of January)

[schestowitz]

Sorry about the latter message, posted in the wrong thread by accident, but I still need a reply to my first query. I've linked to Phoronix literally tens of thousands of times and defended it a lot from its critics. I need to see the AMD contract by which this transaction was done, dated too (to avoid it being revised in a face-saving exercise).

[schestowitz]

I'll give another few hours for response, seeing my posts did get approved, so they're being read. I'll draw my own conclusions if no response is posted soon.