But it should: there are already Pentium-II boards with the ALi Aladdin Pro
chipset, eg the DataExpert MAL8621. And since this is a 100MHz bus clock
chipset, you can expext to see it on SMP systems as well.
And what about distributions providing a SMP kernel by default? And this is
not without precedent. Just look at the boot message of WNT4 and you will
see... right: MP kernel. But that's going to change with 5.0, then you will
have to pay extra to use your second CPU. So we have a good opportunity to
beat WNT5 in the "power-user" segment, if Linux get's the SMP support right...
> and (2) the probe only happens if the user asks for it with
> a kernel boot parameter.
Security by obscurity. If you were in system support then you would not think
this to be safe enough: Joe User will try any combination of boot paramaters
just to get another 1% of "speed". And if this breaks his system he will
surely fault the software, not his own stupidity.
Yours,
Dominik Kubla
--
"Waga hoshi wa doko ni tabine ya ama-no-gawa."
In the Summer Evening, Where is My Star Hidden in the Milky Way?
Kobayashi Issa (1763-1828)
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