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Subject[PATCH 2.6.5-mm4] SMP doc fix
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Any suggestions verrrry welcome !
Application to current kernel would be so comfortable indeed ...

Regards,
Fabian
diff -Naur orig/Documentation/smp.txt edited/Documentation/smp.txt
--- orig/Documentation/smp.txt 2004-04-04 05:37:44.000000000 +0200
+++ edited/Documentation/smp.txt 2004-04-13 17:04:09.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,4 +1,14 @@
-To set up SMP
+Documentation for SMP (Symmetric Multi-Processing). Kernel version 2.6.0-test6
+Some improvements by Fabian Frederick <ffrederick@users.sourceforge.net> 2003
+
+===============================================================================
+
+Linux 2.2.X kernel series was the very beginning of multi-processor support.
+Here are some tips to manage SMP and to figure out it works properly.
+
+===============================================================================
+
+How to setup SMP:

Configure the kernel and answer Y to CONFIG_SMP.

@@ -20,3 +30,21 @@
If you are using some Compaq MP compliant machines you will need to set
the operating system in the BIOS settings to "Unixware" - don't ask me
why Compaqs don't work otherwise.
+
+===============================================================================
+
+How to know SMP is running properly:
+
+You can cat /proc/cpuinfo for instance.That will display each processor with all its properties.
+
+processor :0
+vendor_id
+....
+processor :1
+....
+
+For a simple status you can also cat /proc/stat where first entries display
+cpu statistics.First line titled 'cpu' is a grand total.'cpu0' 'cpu1' processor units.
+
+
+
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