Re: Makefile defaulting to SMP

Andrew Kieschnick (andrewk@mail.utexas.edu)
Tue, 28 Oct 1997 02:54:07 -0600 (CST)


On 27 Oct 1997, Robert Bihlmeyer wrote:

> in responses to my problem with missing APM in SMP Linuxen I have been
> kindly informed by Alan Cox and John Gotts that using SMP-enabled
> kernels on uniprocessor machines is not at all recommended.
>
> Then I wonder why "linux/Makefile" defaults to a setting of "SMP = 1",
> not after warning me that SMP is experimental, etc.

It doesn't default to SMP - that line is commented out.
(At least its this way in 2.0.x, don't know about 2.1.x)

later,
Andrew Kieschnick