Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 8 Aug 2000 09:15:50 -0700 (PDT) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] fix SMP kernel on SMP MoBo with APIC-less CPU |
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On Tue, 8 Aug 2000, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > The Subjecy says it all: > This patch fixes booting of a SMP-compiled i386 kernel on a SMP-capable > motherboard with (one) non SMP-capable (= APIC-less) CPU. > Example: AMD K6 in a dual i430TX board.
I understand why you'd want to do this, but I suspect this will also break _real_ SMP setups that have non-local APICs (ie old intel CPU's).
Linus
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