[ale] SMP support for CentOS 4.0 i386

[Christopher Fowler]

But in this case what does RH give you that Linux does not?  Does Linux
not support 32 processors?

On Thu, 2005-03-24 at 16:44, Chris Ricker wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Mar 2005, Yu, Jerry wrote:
> 
> > anybody know how many CPU can CentOS 4.0 support?    Its redhat counterpart "RHEL 4.0 ES" supports only 2. I'd assume it is restriction of RHEL license  instead of 'feature lock' in the kernel, right?
> 
> Should be the same as the limits for RHEL (32 - 64, depending on 
> architecture)
> 
> The RHEL restriction is a licensing one only. If you're 4+, you have to 
> buy the more expensive support (AS) for updates. If you're 1-2, you can 
> buy ES or AS. It's not actively restricted though -- it's just licensing 
> terms.
> 
> later,
> chris
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