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

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

Gregory Maxwell (linker@z.ml.org)
Sun, 18 Oct 1998 19:11:46 -0400 (EDT)

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On 18 Oct 1998, david parsons wrote:

> >You shouldn't be using APM with a SMP kernel.
>
> Why not? With wake-on-lan and other spiffy perversions, it seems
> perfectly reasonable that a SMP kernel should be able to deal with
> APM. Sure, most of the reason for having APM is so that laptops
> can be frugal, but am I the only one who uses a SMP machine for
> my local router (99.9% idle...) ?

I'll trade you. I've got quite a few low end pentiums and only 3 SMP
computers.. Got and quads just sitting around? :)

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