Re: SMP

From: Jim Roland (jim@roland.net)
Date: Wed Mar 15 2000 - 03:05:23 EST


I solved this about 6 weeks ago. Thanks anyway.

JR

On Tue, 14 Mar 2000, Mike A. Harris wrote:

> Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 22:49:32 -0500 (EST)
> From: Mike A. Harris <mharris@meteng.on.ca>
> To: Jim Roland <jim@roland.net>
> Cc: linux-admin@vger.rutgers.edu, linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
> Subject: Re: SMP
>
> On Fri, 21 Jan 2000, Jim Roland wrote:
>
> >Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 00:01:08 -0600
> >From: Jim Roland <jim@roland.net>
> >To: linux-admin@vger.rutgers.edu, linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
> >Subject: SMP
> >
> >I would like to compile a SMP-aware kernel, but the Slackware
> >versions I'm using (3.3 and 3.6) do not have "make menuconfig"
> >options for multi-processors. How do I configure a kernel for
> >multi-processor, and how many apps on the OS will actually take
> >advantage of more than 1 CPU?
>
> You did not mention at all which kernel version you are trying to
> compile. Starting somewhere in the late 2.1.x series, and
> including every 2.2.x and 2.3.x kernel since - CONFIG_SMP has
> existed and DOES appear on menuconfig.
>
> If your kernel source does not have SMP as a menuconfig option
> then it is either a 2.0.x kernel, or it is broken.
>
> In 2.0.x, SMP had to be enabled by editing the top level makefile
> and uncommenting the appropriate SMP enabling line.
>
> Hope this helps.
> TTYL
>
>
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