Re: GRR!! SMP=1 sucks

Elliot Lee (sopwith@cuc.edu)
Thu, 9 Apr 1998 10:08:09 -0400 (EDT)


On 9 Apr 1998, H. Peter Anvin wrote:

> 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.

Are there any SMP machines which require an SMP kernel to run? Are they
common enough to make SMP the default for? As far as I know, running a UP
kernel on an SMP machine will act the same as running a UP kernel on the
equivalent UP machine.

TIA,
-- Elliot http://www.redhat.com/
Chicken Little was right.

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