Re: Makefile defaulting to SMP

Jauder Ho (jauderho@transmeta.com)
Tue, 28 Oct 1997 00:29:06 -0800 (PST)

Okay. Simple reason. Linus's machine is SMP. And the defaults for
various SCSI cards and whatnot? That is what we use here. Pretty
easy for Linus and it makes life easier for me too.

--Jauder

On 27 Oct 1997, Robert Bihlmeyer wrote:

> Hi,
>
> in responses to my problem with missing APM in SMP Linuxen I have been
> kindly informed by Alan Cox and John Gotts that using SMP-enabled
> kernels on uniprocessor machines is not at all recommended.
>
> Then I wonder why "linux/Makefile" defaults to a setting of "SMP = 1",
> not after warning me that SMP is experimental, etc.
>
> Robbe
>
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