Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Subject | [PATCH 2.6.5-mm4] SMP doc fix | From | Fabian Frederick <> | Date | Wed, 14 Apr 2004 22:20:32 +0200 |
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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. + + + | |