From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 2 Aug 2001 04:16:25 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 2 Aug 2001 04:16:16 -0400 Received: from radiuslog.rad.net.id ([202.154.1.12]:11142 "EHLO smtp.rad.net.id") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 2 Aug 2001 04:15:56 -0400 Message-ID: <3B690A63.5068B279@theOffice.net> Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2001 15:08:03 +0700 From: Agus Budy Wuysang Organization: PT Fajar Surya Wisesa Tbk X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.7-xfs i686) X-Accept-Language: id, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Nadav Har'El" , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: SMP possible with AMD CPUs? In-Reply-To: <20010801230441.A19396@leeor.math.technion.ac.il> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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. -- +-R-| Netscape Communicator 4.x |-H-| Powered by Linux 2.4.x |-7-+ |/v\ Agus Budy Wuysang MIS Department | | | Phone: +62-21-344-1316 ext 317 GSM: +62-816-1972-051 | +--------| http://www.rad.net.id/users/personal/s/supes |--------+