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SubjectRe: SMP kernel on a non SMP machine??
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Followup to:  <199603291725.MAA00368@radon.dac>
By author: Dave Caswell <davec@apocalypse.org>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> Should I expect any problems when I try and run a kernel compiled with
> SMP=1 on a non-SMP machine??? So far, the only difference I note is
> that the compressed kernel is 8113 bytes bigger.
>

Modulo bugs it should work at least on a 486 or higher. A 386 system
will not support a 387 correctly with SMP compiled in (I am pretty
sure SMP=1 takes out the IRQ 13 FPU trap handling. Good riddance,
unless you have a 386+387.)

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