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SubjectRe: SMP
On Fri, Jan 21, 2000 at 11:49:40PM +0100, operator@mysticplace.freeservers.com wrote:
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>
> 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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