From a7673d689f2b3002c431a37251d4e47c9db1a00c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: gferg <> Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 17:44:46 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] updated --- .../linuxdoc/Parallel-Processing-HOWTO.sgml | 22 +++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/LDP/howto/linuxdoc/Parallel-Processing-HOWTO.sgml b/LDP/howto/linuxdoc/Parallel-Processing-HOWTO.sgml index 4d89878e..f31b2f81 100644 --- a/LDP/howto/linuxdoc/Parallel-Processing-HOWTO.sgml +++ b/LDP/howto/linuxdoc/Parallel-Processing-HOWTO.sgml @@ -4,6 +4,14 @@ Hank Dietz, v2.0, 2004-06-28 +

+Although this HOWTO has been "republished" (v2.0, 2004-06-28) to update the author +contact info, it has many broken links and some information is +seriously out of date. Rather than just repairing links, this +document is being heavily rewritten as a Guide which we expect +to release in July 2004. At that time, the HOWTO will be obsolete. +The prefered home URL for both the old and new documents is + Parallel Processing refers to the concept of speeding-up the execution of a program by dividing the program into multiple fragments @@ -14,8 +22,6 @@ discusses the four basic approaches to parallel processing that are available to Linux users: SMP Linux systems, clusters of networked Linux systems, parallel execution using multimedia instructions (i.e., MMX), and attached (parallel) processors hosted by a Linux system. -

-This revision (v2.0, 2004-06-28) only contains updated contact information. @@ -407,13 +413,15 @@ character" (a nice way to say "doesn't quite work like it should" ;-). However, parallel processing using Linux is useful now, and an increasingly large group is working to make it better. -The author of this HOWTO is Hank Dietz, Ph.D., currently Associate -Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University, -in West Lafayette, IN, 47907-1285. Dietz retains rights to this +The author of this HOWTO is Hank Dietz, Ph.D., currently Professor & +James F. Hardymon Chair in Networking at the +University of Kentucky, Electrical & Computer Engineering Dept in +Lexington, KY, 40506-0046. +Dietz retains rights to this document as per the Linux Documentation Project guidelines. Although an effort has been made to ensure the correctness and fairness of this -presentation, neither Dietz nor Purdue University can be held -responsible for any problems or errors, and Purdue University does not +presentation, neither Dietz nor University of Kentucky can be held +responsible for any problems or errors, and University of Kentucky does not endorse any of the work/products discussed. SMP Linux