Messages in this thread | | | From | (H. Peter Anvin) | Subject | Re: SMP kernel on a non SMP machine?? | Date | 30 Mar 1996 07:43:19 GMT |
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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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