Re: Threads (Was Re: Multiprocessor support)

1998-01-28 Thread Steve Mayer
: > > On Tue, Jan 27, 1998 at 02:38:55PM -0700, Steve Mayer wrote: > > Debian as a distribution has nothing to do with multiprocessor > > support. > > I'm not so sure about this. I'm not really familiar with threads (any > pointers to basic documentatio

Threads (Was Re: Multiprocessor support)

1998-01-28 Thread jdassen
On Tue, Jan 27, 1998 at 02:38:55PM -0700, Steve Mayer wrote: > Debian as a distribution has nothing to do with multiprocessor > support. I'm not so sure about this. I'm not really familiar with threads (any pointers to basic documentation/articles?), but I recall that i

Re: Multiprocessor support

1998-01-27 Thread Steve Mayer
Rob, Debian as a distribution has nothing to do with multiprocessor support. Ther Linux kernel is what will determine this. The default kernel that ships with the Debian distribution does not have SMP support compiled in by default. You will have to remake your kernel with the SMP=1 line

Multiprocessor support

1998-01-27 Thread Rob
Hi Group, I thinking about building another new machine, something with a little bit of horsepower. Specifically, I'm looking at a board that will support 2 PentiumII chips running at 300Mhz. So what do you know about Debian and multiprocessor support? Thanks, Rob -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM