> I have a dual Pentium 166 Tyan board with processors. My question is
> simple. Do I have to install special software for it to start using both
> processors or will it automatically detect the second processor and start
> using it at boot time?
>
> I have seen a lot of discussion about SMP but no where does it tell you how
> to set it up. Please don't tell me that it is in the 103 page how which
> just describes what SMP is.
>
Just leave the SMP=1 in the Makefile (the default). Build the kernel
in the normal way and boot it.
If your board has minimum bugs, /proc/cpuinfo will show two processors
humming away. Also /proc/interrupts will show the new (faster) SMP
interrupt controller working.
Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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