On Thu, 2002-11-28 at 19:00, Stephen Zander wrote: > >>>>> "sean" == sean finney <seanius@seanius.net> writes: > sean> i would guess not... > > /proc/cpuinfo. > > Of course if the user doesn't start out using an smp kernel, they > clearly don't need one. Not necessarily. One obvious application for this would be in an installer, which would presumably boot a lowest-common-denominator kernel for maximum compatibility. One possible workaround is trying to detect the mobo type and match that to a list of SMP mobos, but that strikes me as a dodgy solution. After typing the above I had a squiz in /var/log/dmesg on a handy non-SMP machine, and what did I find? This: "SMP motherboard not detected." Then on a SMP machine, and found this: "Intel MultiProcessor Specification v1.1" Hmmmmm. Jonathan Oxer Ph +61 3 9723 9399 / Fx +61 3 9723 4899 GPG key: http://www.ivt.com.au/gpg/jon.oxer.gpg
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