[98179] in RedHat Linux List
Re: dual processor systems
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William Stearns)
Sat Nov 7 02:17:40 1998
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1998 02:20:34 -0500 (EST)
From: William Stearns <wstearns@pobox.com>
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cc: aaron zaeero <aaz187@hotmail.com>
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On Fri, 6 Nov 1998, aaron zaeero wrote:
> 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?
Use bare 2.1.126 if you're using pcmcia. Otherwise, use 2.1.126 +
prepatch 2.1.127-7. Both are available at:
ftp://linux.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/
Cheers,
- Bill
> >> 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.
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William Stearns (wstearns@pobox.com)
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