Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 22 Jan 2000 18:02:45 -0500 | From | Matthew Wilcox <> | Subject | Re: SMP |
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On Fri, Jan 21, 2000 at 11:49:40PM +0100, operator@mysticplace.freeservers.com wrote: > > > Jim Roland wrote: > > > 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? > > First of all, this is not a Slackware Problem. Maybe you forgot to enable some > option? Maybe "Prompt for development and/or incomplete drivers" ? > There might also be a problem with the kernel slackware <4.0 Ships. It it 2.0.x. > e.g. 3.3 ships with 2.0.30.
Kernel 2.0 did not have SMP as a CONFIG_ option. You should get a 2.2 kernel as it has vastly improved SMP performance. Slackware 3.3 and 3.6 are old enough that they probably have security problems; so you should probably just install a new distribution which would come with a newer kernel.
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