Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: Module Versioning Problems: How to "probe" for SMP | Date | Mon, 16 Sep 1996 10:25:33 -0400 (EDT) | From | "Andrew E. Mileski" <> |
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> > It also would be great if we have a kernel parameter to force an SMP-kernel > > to use only one CPU (e.g. smpboot=no). This would not need to change > > the BIOS's setup. > > A one processor SMP boot isnt the same as a non SMP kernel at all. Also > smp_num_cpus is a constant in the single processor kernel so the loops fold > out of the single CPU kernel
... so the solution is to build a separate single processor kernel, and have LILO boot it too.
Use an intuitive name like 'linux-smp' and have it boot by default. Note: This is a great feature of LILO - use it! :-) It is handy to keep a 'linux-old' for your last kernel built, and 'linux-works' for a kernel you have personally proven reliable.
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