Re: More patches for 2.1.81+alpha

Steven N. Hirsch (shirsch@ibm.net)
Sat, 24 Jan 1998 22:14:09 -0500 (EST)


On Sun, 25 Jan 1998, Robert Thomas wrote:

> "Steven N. Hirsch" <shirsch@ibm.net> recently wrote...
> >All,
> >
> >Here are the latest round of patches to build 2.1.81 for UP
> >(single-processor, for the mnemonically-deprived) machines. Tested on
> >6x86 and Alpha.
>
> As a minor point, you're hard-coding the CPU into the alpha code here, which
> will break a future implementation of Alpha/SMP.. Updated patch (to
> 2.1.81) is
> attached..

Ah. Thanks for updating the patch! The original hard-coding was not
mine, so I just left it alone. Looks like yours is really the right way
to fix it.

Steve