On Sun, Apr 08, 2001 at 03:49:50PM +1000, Richard Ford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [...]
> But, I can do a full backup - fresh install and restore?
Sorry - I don't understand what you're trying to ask here. Full backup
and restore will be unaffected - the kernel and related files are not backed
up by the e-smith network backup. They are backed up to tape, but are not
restored by the e-smith tape restore.
> Or is there some more fundamental data writing operations that change
> with smp?
SMP affects whether more than one processor is used for running tasks
in the system. There are extra checks enabled in the kernel around
critical code regions.
There should be no change whatsoever to day-to-day operations. Well, the
SMP kernel may run _marginally_ slower on a single processor than the
uniprocessor kernel would.
The only difference is in the kernel modules. Once they are available for
SMP (which they are for 4.1.1 plus the updates), there is no difference.
Gordon
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