Re: GRR!! SMP=1 sucks

Adrian Bridgett (linker@nightshade.ml.org)
Thu, 9 Apr 1998 18:37:34 -0400 (EDT)


On Thu, 9 Apr 1998, H. Peter Anvin wrote:

> Well, most things can be done as modules, but SMP isn't one of them.
> I have found it important to use an SMP kernel as the install kernel,
> because only an SMP kernel will tell you if the machine is SMP and
> hence if you should install the SMP or the UP kernel by default.
>
> -hpa

Could we not make the detection code common? (as well as IO-APIC, with the
new APIC support there is a REAL reason to use a SMP board even if you
never plan on using SMP)..

Kernel: SMP Motherboard Detected, perhaps you should use a SMP kernel?

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