Re: [PATCH] include/asm-i386/semaphore.h speedup

Olaf Titz (olaf@bigred.inka.de)
Thu, 14 Jan 1999 22:28:51 +0100

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> Olaf Titz <olaf@bigred.inka.de> said:
> > Right, but this requires a config dependency: M386 impossible with SMP
> > set. Or you could build an SMP kernel with the needed lock missing.
>
> AFAIU, SMP can't be done with i386 (as opposed to i[456]86) anyway.

But you can compile a kernel for SMP with CONFIG_M386 and run it on a
multi pentium.

Olaf

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