As far as I know an SMP enabled kernel does nothing for a single processor system (and there is no overhead involved in an SMP based kernel running on a signle processor system). I'd say if you can use a non SMP kernel on a single processor system, and it means it will solve a problem - I'd go for it if I were in your shoes.
Personally I don't use SMP kernels on any machine with one processor. Mike On Thu, 2004-02-19 at 14:20, Jason Hayes - HHC wrote: > I managed to set up the new laptop with Suse 9 last night, rebooted, and > thought that I was going to start personalizing things. > > When the machine fired up, however, there was no networking and no > internet. > > When I check dhcp, it is running (changing to a static address does not > make any difference). I can ping 127.0.0.1, but pinging outside of the > network returns nothing. > > When I type ifup eth0, among the other output, I get an "inet > addr:0.0.0.0" and "RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:12 overruns:0 frame:0" > > I went through and made sure that module.conf has "alias sis900 eth0" > but that didn't make any difference. > > After Googling around for a bit on my other machine, I figured out that > the network card in the Aspire 1700 (a sis900 10/100) apparently doesn't > play well with SMP enabled kernels. > > While I still have lots more Googling and reading to do, I wanted to ask > and see if anyone here had ideas on how to handle this situation. > > Is it a good idea to disable SMP in the new kernel (the laptop only has > one processor, but will SMP effect more than that)? > > Would it be better to try and find a patch so I can keep SMP? > > Does the 2.6 kernel fix this problem? > > I would try one of the test kernels, but this machine is going to be a > primary workhorse and I cannot afford to have instability. > > Any ideas that might point me in the direction of a fix would be greatly > appreciated. > > A far less disturbing issue with the install is that there is no sound > either. I do not know if the two issues are related, so I figured I > would add it just in case. > > ------------------------ > Jason Hayes - Principal > Hayes Holdings Consulting > [EMAIL PROTECTED] / www.hayz.ws > Blog: www.hayz.ws/blog > #1936 - 246 Stewart Green SW > Calgary, AB, Canada T3H 3C8 > ------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca -- Mike Petch CApp::Sysware Consulting Ltd. Suite 1002,1140-15th Ave SW. Calgary, Alberta, Canada. T2R 1K6. (403)804-5700. _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca
