Re: SMP=1 and Cyrix 6x86

Warwick Mitchell (dren@kewl.com.au)
Wed, 14 Oct 1998 16:00:58 +1000

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Hi
John Keith Hohm wrote:
>
> Thanks to all who suggested removing SMP=1 for my Cyrix 6x86, which
> doesn't have a TIC and therefore hung on the APIC code.
>
> Might that not be a problem for a great many people when moving to 2.2?
>

I seem to remember Linus saying that it is SMP by default only for his
own convenience and that it would be commented out for 2.2

Warwick Mitchell

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