On Wed, Sep 14, 2005 at 10:53:30AM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > > If the kernel team would really like to handle issues like detecting > whether an i386 machine running a UP kernel is SMP, I'd be very happy > for the code for that to move there. However, I don't think the 1:1 > subarch mapping you describe actually exists; it's rife with special > cases. Colin already designed the code to factor out common information. >
I've been meaning to ask why the installer doesn't just boot with an SMP kernel to determine how many processors the machine has. Is there a problem with running an SMP kernel on a UP machine? regards Andrew -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
