[ale] SMP in kernel

[Gregory Vence]

Chris Farris wrote:
> 
> Anyone experiment with Linux SMP support. I have found no user
> documentation on it at all. I've tried defining SMP in the make file,
> but that don't work. I'm running 2.0.27. The Kernel doesn't even bother
> with looking for another processor, it just gives a normal boot up
> message.
> 
> Any ideas
> Chris
> 
Here's the most detailed respons on the topic I've seen.
Martin Konold wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 23 Dec 1996, Bruce Perens wrote:
> 
> Dear Bruce,
> 
> > I haven't heard of anyone trying SMP (symmetric multiprocessing) yet.
> > You'd probably be the first.
> 
> You may install without problems with one of your single processor
> kernels.
> 
> > You'd have to recompile the kernel with SMP support. There also may be
> > some SMP support tools that should be packaged for Debian. Try it out,
> > and tell us how difficult it was.
> 
> Yes you will have to edit the kernel Makefile by hand. Just remove two
> comments and enable MAKE=make -j3 in order to get you kernel compiled in
> 2:12min :-))
> 
> Yours,
> -- martin
> P.S. I am running Debian 1.1 happilly since the september.
> 
> // Martin Konold, Muenzgasse 7, 72070 Tuebingen, Germany  //
> // Email: konold at tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de              //
>        Linux - because reboots are for hardware upgrades
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> 
>    Just go ahead and write your own multitasking multiuser os !
>                  Worked for me all the times.
>                      -- Linus Torvalds --
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