Re: GRR!! SMP=1 sucks

Philip Blundell (linker@nightshade.ml.org)
Thu, 9 Apr 1998 08:35:50 -0400 (EDT)


On 9 Apr 1998, H. Peter Anvin wrote:

> >
> > An added benefit would be people would stop complaining that their SMP
> > kernel crashes on their UP box, when probably the only reason they're
> > using an SMP kernel in the first place, is because it defaults to that.
> >
>
> NO!!! It is a Big Problem if an SMP kernel can't boot on a UP
> machine, as it means there is no kernel which can run on all machines.
>
> -hpa

Actually, a UP kernel can..

The point to make is.. It's important that an SMP kernel work on UP incase
someone's SMP board loses a cpu.. I would be in big trouble if my board
had a prob and only worked up.. I only have smp kernels on this computer..

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