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DateFri, 16 Oct 1998 13:51:41 -0400 (EDT)
From"Richard B. Johnson" <>
SubjectRe: SMP Setup
On Fri, 16 Oct 1998, Gary Smith wrote:

> I have a dual Pentium 166 Tyan board with processors.  My question is
> simple.  Do I have to install special software for it to start using both
> processors or will it automatically detect the second processor and start
> using it at boot time?
> 
> I have seen a lot of discussion about SMP but no where does it tell you how
> to set it up.  Please don't tell me that it is in the 103 page how which
> just describes what SMP is.
> 
Just leave the SMP=1 in the Makefile (the default). Build the kernel
in the normal way and boot it.

If your board has minimum bugs, /proc/cpuinfo will show two processors
humming away. Also /proc/interrupts will show the new (faster) SMP
interrupt controller working.

Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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