Re: CONFIG_SMP

Zow (zow@pensive.llnl.gov)
Fri, 16 Oct 1998 13:19:59 -0700


> > Is CONFIG_SMP going to be introduced into the kernel before 2.2? Now that S
MP
> > is well tested and supported, it'd be a shame to keep it as hidden as it wa
s
> > in 2.0
>
> [NOTE: I use 2.0.x, however this is still relevant to 2.1.x, this
> part of tasks.h and head.S have not improved]
>
> Something else that I think would be good is making NR_TASKS and
> MAX_TASKS_PER_USER configurable via config/menuconfig/xconfig,
> instead of via editing the header file. At the moment I use
> makefile hacks to do this;
>
I didn't even know about this option until now. It could be very useful, but
what about making it dynamically configurable though an option under /proc?

Just a thought,
-"Zow"

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