> David Woodhouse was heard to whisper...
>> Is CONFIG_SMP going to be introduced into the kernel before 2.2?
>> Now that SMP is well tested and supported, it'd be a shame to keep
>> it as hidden as it was in 2.0
> The problem, as I read in the Makefile, was that SMP is dependant
> on too many things, and I got the impression that things depended
> on it that couldn't simple be '#ifdef'ed, I'm not sure why though.
In my opinion, what is required is to have the various "make *config"
options run through a ".preconfig" script first, which deals with
things like SMP that may arise - there will be others in the future
that need similar treatment, I have no doubt.
Basically, the preconfig script would deal with questions like SMP and
set the relevant environment variables up to enable the script proper
to work as intended, and this approach would ensure that things such
as SMP would not be hidden from the newbies when they try compiling
their first kernel...
Best wishes from Riley.
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