Re: Module Versioning Problems: How to "probe" for SMP
Alan Cox (alan@cymru.net)
Mon, 16 Sep 1996 14:20:26 +0100 (BST)
> It also would be great if we have a kernel parameter to force an SMP-kernel
> to use only one CPU (e.g. smpboot=no). This would not need to change
> the BIOS's setup.
A one processor SMP boot isnt the same as a non SMP kernel at all. Also
smp_num_cpus is a constant in the single processor kernel so the loops fold
out of the single CPU kernel