No. If you want a different configuration, you can compile a kernel with
whatever settings you want. I have another kernel that has SMP turned on
but I can't upload it at the moment.

Gabe

On 07/28/11 18:27, Carole-Jean Wu wrote:
> Um... are there compiled kernels with multiprocessor support in the
> repo for us to download directly?
>
> thanks,
> Carole
>
> On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 9:15 PM, Nilay <[email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
>     On Thu, July 28, 2011 7:47 pm, Carole-Jean Wu wrote:
>     > Hi,
>     >
>     > What is this configuration option for the kernel?
>     >
>     > I tried running fs.py with -n 8. But I am getting the same
>     warning message
>     > as Mark and all other 7 processors are disabled.
>     >
>     > Thanks,
>     > Carole
>     >
>     > On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 12:22 PM, Gabe Black
>     <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>     >
>     >> X86 doesn't have PAL code so you don't have to worry about
>     that. There
>     >> are Linux patches for it, but those aren't necessary for it to work
>     >> properly, they just help the simulator run faster. There's a
>     >> configuration option for the kernel that sets how many CPUs it
>     supports.
>     >> That's probably set to 1.
>     >>
>     >> Gabe
>     >>
>
>     The kernel option Gabe wrote about is CONFIG_NR_CPUS. This was
>     probably
>     set to 1 when the kernel was compiled.
>
>     --
>     Nilay
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