Re: SMP possible with AMD CPUs?

[Agus Budy Wuysang <supes@theOffice.net>]

Nadav Har'El wrote:
> 
> A Linux user in a local Linux club asked me whether Linux support SMP with
> AMD (rather than Intel Pentium) CPUs. She said that a year ago she was told
> Linux 2.2 couldn't, and that she was wondering whether the new Linux 2.4 can.
> I didn't know the answer, so I started digging.
> 
> I tried looking with various search search engines, but found nothing about
> this subject. Looking through the source code, it appears that SMP with AMDs
> *might* be supported, but I couldn't find any comment confirming that. The
> relevant FAQs, READMEs, and so on that I found are all from the 2.2 kernel
> era.
> 
> So, does Linux support SMP on AMD CPUs?

http://heroinewarrior.com/athlon.php3

>From their /proc/cpuinfo output I say it is kernel 2.4.x...

They got large pictures & some timing comparison 
against dual Alpha & dual PIII.

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