Messages in this thread |  | | | From | Alan Cox <> | | Subject | Re: Module Versioning Problems: How to "probe" for SMP | | Date | Mon, 16 Sep 1996 14:20:26 +0100 (BST) |
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> It also would be great if we have a kernel parameter to force an SMP-kernel > to use only one CPU (e.g. smpboot=no). This would not need to change > the BIOS's setup.
A one processor SMP boot isnt the same as a non SMP kernel at all. Also smp_num_cpus is a constant in the single processor kernel so the loops fold out of the single CPU kernel
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