Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 7495] New: Kernel periodically hangs. | From | Arjan van de Ven <> | Date | Sun, 12 Nov 2006 17:07:02 +0100 |
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On Sun, 2006-11-12 at 10:59 -0500, Patrick McFarland wrote: > On Sunday 12 November 2006 10:21, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 12, 2006 at 03:16:38PM +0100, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > > > > > We KNOW it can't work on a sizable amount of machines. This is why > > > > > it is a config option; you can enable it if YOUR machine is KNOWN to > > > > > work, and you get some gains. But it's also understood that it often > > > > > it won't work. So any sensible distro (since they have to aim for a > > > > > wide audience) disables this option ... > > > > > > > > Nowadays, many distributions only ship CONFIG_SMP=y kernels... > > > > > > that's a calculated risk on their side (and they know that); they're > > > balancing not functioning on a set of machines off against needing more > > > kernels. > > > > This might soon affect the majority of Linux users, so it's a case that > > has to be handled... > > I actually agree here. Linux needs to be easier for people to use, not harder. > Isn't there a way for bootloaders or the kernel early on figure out if the > machine supports SMP, and if it doesnt, load a uniproc kernel instead?
this is what OS installers have been doing for a decade or so.
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