From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: chuck gelm Subject: Re: What distributions support dual processors 'out of the box' ? Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 23:59:55 -0400 Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <417DCBBB.5030603@gelm.net> References: <15DCB059E3814E448A1CFFF04F78F7A703917297@s99mail08> Reply-To: chuck@gelm.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <15DCB059E3814E448A1CFFF04F78F7A703917297@s99mail08> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org Little, Chris wrote: >I don't know what the warning is, but a recompile and install of your kernel >with SMP enabled should work fine. The warning sounds as if the kernel that >you build may not necessarily work or advisably be used on other non-pro >systems (ie. III, IV, etc) > >-----Original Message----- >From: chuck gelm [mailto:chuck@gelm.net] >Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 12:44 PM >To: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org >Subject: What distributions support dual processors 'out of the box' ? > > >Howdy: > > I am trying to use an old dual pentium-pro motherboard as a file >server for a local government supported student project. > > The system has dual 200 MHz Pentium-Pro processors. >I am currently attempting to enable SMP in a Slackware v9.1 distribution, >but I am having some difficulty. Instead, I am hoping to find >a distribution with SMP already enabled. Are there any? > > Please, may I have some explanation or discussion about the warning >from 'make [old]config about the PentiumPro and SMP: > >'Similarly, multiprocessor kernels for the "PPro" architecture may not >work on all Pentium based boards.' > > IOW, will my attempt to enable SMP with this PPro system >probably fail or be very difficult? > >Regards, Chuck > > Howdy, Chris and Owen: I have twice re-compiled the kernel and yet cat /proc/cpuinfo displays only 'cpu0'. :-( (edit .config to enable SMP, make bzImage modules modules_install install) Elsewhere, someone suggested that I look to see if a VRM (voltage regulator module) is installed on the motherboard. I'll be returning to configure the system on Wednesday and I will check to see if there seems to be any missing items. Thanks, chuck - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs