[98158] in RedHat Linux List
Re: dual processor systems
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (aaron zaeero)
Sat Nov 7 00:36:45 1998
From: "aaron zaeero" <aaz187@hotmail.com>
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Date: Fri, 06 Nov 1998 21:35:55 PST
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Ed,
I have successfully got SMP going in both 2.0.34 and 2.0.35 kernels.
You just have to comment out a few lines in the Makefile (they are @ the
top). However if you want to be able to monitor them w/top or xosview
you will need to run a patch on your tree and the procps utilities. Matt
is correct that the 2.1.x kernels supposedly have better support.
Matt: I have been thinking about going to a 2.1.x kernel. Which one is
most stable that I could run?
-aaz
>
>> Does Linux take advantage of dual-processor systems automatically?
If not,
>> how do you configure the system to take advantage of both?
>
> Depends on your setup, but the usual answer is no. If you are
>using a 2.0.x kernel, it's compile UP by default. If you're using a
2.1.x
>kernel, it's compiled SMP by default. Of course you can change this
>behavior in either version, by editing the makefile in the kernel
source
>top level directory, and recompiling the kernel.
>
>HTH, Matt
>
>------------------------------------------------------------
>Matt Housh email: mhoush@utulsa.edu
>Microcomputer Specialist The University of Tulsa
>Engineering and Natural Sciences
>
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