Re: SMP Setup

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Fri, 16 Oct 1998 20:06:19 +0100 (BST)


> 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?

You have to build a kernel enabled with SMP. You don't have to change any
applications to make them run on an SMP machine. If you are trying to do
one job fast however you will probably need to thread the application to
get the best results

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