Linux-kernel mailing list archive 1998-42,: Re: Cyrix Detection -- NO SMP, please ?????

# Re: Cyrix Detection -- NO SMP, please ?????

Adam Sulmicki (adam@cfar.umd.edu)
Sun, 18 Oct 1998 18:40:07 -0400

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"Khimenko Victor" writes:

->GM> I understand that you want all non-exp stuff to work. I do too. APM and
->GM> SMP are mutually exclusive. There is some alternitive to APM (forget it's
->GM> name) that will work with SMP. Can you point out ANY OSes that use SMP and
->GM> APM? :)
->
->Hm. Why Linux should not be first such OS ?

->GM> It is a big difference.
->
->When ? What kind of work you should do to see more then few per cent's
->difference in speed of SMP and UP kernel on UP comp ?

Ok, I understand you just volnteered to code up the perfect linux
kernel which will work on all broken hardware out of there. the SMP
kernel will be as fast as UP kernel on UP machine.

Great, when you are done with it come back and show us the results.

Fight with code not words :-)

Adam

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