Re: Debian on rp 7400
On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 03:02:26PM -0600, Conan C. Albrecht wrote:
> Thanks for the response. At the risk of appearing a bit foolish, may I
> ask another question?
>
> Given your response, if we installed Debian on the 7400 (given SMP
> won't work currently), what would happen? Would the kernel simply use
> 1 processor and 7 processors will sit dormant? Or will all 8 be used
> but just not share memory?
>
> I've looked into SMP, but I want to be sure I have a definite answer
> before I make recommendations for the machine.
depends whether you boot a UP or SMP kernel. UP will use only one
processor, SMP will crash nastily.
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