On 20-May-99 Brian Servis wrote: >>> No. They have support for SMP systems. Read the documentation. >>> >>> I think you win the award for the most frequent poster! >> >> Sorry, I will refrain from asking so many questions. I did read the > > You don't really need to do that. If people(like me) want to respond > they will. You do have some good questions though.
That is why I am a proponent of the debian-newbie list :) Newbies helping newbies without seeming to be asking too many questions. > >> information available when I compiled, but I was unsure if I should uncheck >> SMP. Later I read something about these kernels only being for 2 processor >> system. >> > > I think the help text from the kernel configuration is pretty straight > forward. I will recompile the kernel and leave it out, and you are correct, it was rather obvious, but I am still reeling from a reinstallation because I make a bad choice. I guess that is the only way I will learn though, getting my hands dirty. > > > Symmetric Multi Processing > CONFIG_SMP > This enables support for systems with more than one CPU. If you have > a system with only one CPU, like most personal computers, say N. If > you have a system with more than one CPU, say Y. > > If you say N here, the kernel will run on single and multiprocessor > machines, but will use only one CPU of a multiprocessor machine. If > you say Y here, the kernel will run on many, but not all, > singleprocessor machines. On a singleprocessor machine, the kernel > will run faster if you say N here. I am really embarrassed now. It was a no-brainer. -- Andrew
