Re: [PATCH] i386 rw_semaphores fix

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Tue, 10 Apr 2001 22:57:09 +0100 (BST)

> That's no problem if we make this SMP-specific - I doubt anybody actually
> uses SMP on i486's even if the machines exist, as I think they all had

They do. There are two (total world wide) 486 SMP users I know about and they
mostly do it to be awkward ;)

> special glue logic that Linux would have trouble with anyway. But the

The Compaqs were custom, the non Compaq ones included several using Intel
MP 1.1.

Alan

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