Re: Server Questions (fwd)
Hi,
> I haven't used SMP. I know it needs the 2.1 kernel series.
I believe that you may be incorrect. We have someone running 2.0.33 with
SMP enabled since he has 2 Pentium II processors in his system. If you
need SMP, you will probably have to recompile the kernel source manually.
Do your make {menu,x}config (whichever you use). Then edit the top level
makefile (usually /usr/src/linux/Makefile) and remove the SMP comments so
that it looks like something like:
#
# For SMP kernels, set this. We don't want to have this in the config file
#because it makes re-config very ugly and too many fundamental files depend
# on "CONFIG_SMP"
#
# NOTE! SMP is experimental. See the file Documentation/SMP.txt
#
SMP = 1
#
# SMP profiling options
SMP_PROF = 1
As far as I know, this is the only way to enable SMP. Do a "make dep;
make clean" then compile the kernel with a "make zImage"
(again, or whatever you use), for example. Install the kernel when done.
I'm not sure about the modules, but it is probably safer to recompile them
(make modules; make modules_install).
After you've installed the new kernel reboot your system and you should
now have an SMPing kernel running.
-Ossama
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