Re: Module Versioning Problems: How to "probe" for SMP

Drew Eckhardt (drew@poohsticks.org)
Mon, 16 Sep 1996 10:36:13 -0600


In message <Pine.LNX.3.91.960916165134.10386A-100000@elserv.ffm.fgan.de>, lerme
n@elserv.ffm.fgan.de writes:
>On Mon, 16 Sep 1996, Alan Cox wrote:
>Why not let say the kernel _what_ he is ?
>If 'smp_num_cpus' shouldn't be a variable due to performance, well then
>lets have a new one, which is only used for module purpose.
>An alternative is to merge the info into UTS_VERSION or LINUX_COMPILE_*.

Nothing is stopping you from having a smp_num_cpus variable in the
kernel for module use while actually using the #define within the
kernel.

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