> Yes, Linus was a complete dolt between 2.1.120-pp3 and 2.1.120.
Actually he fixed a load of other problems in doing so
> He moved a function call. This broke smp on Pentiums (not PIIs like he > runs). > > To fix it: > > edit init/main.c > move check_bugs BELOW smp_init() > save and recompile.