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From: Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au>
To: Mark Mokryn <mark@sangate.com>
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Subject: Re: SMP module compilation on UP? 
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On Wed, 13 Jun 2001 16:42:54 +0300, 
Mark Mokryn <mark@sangate.com> wrote:
>Is it possible to build an SMP module on a machine running a UP kernel
>(or vice versa)?

Build - yes.  Load - no.  Not unless you like your kernel exploding
into a million tiny pieces.  You can compile anything from anywhere,
you can even compile the kernel from other operating systems.  But
loading an SMP module into a UP system or vice versa guarantees data
mismatches.