From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757917AbXKERIs (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Nov 2007 12:08:48 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755644AbXKERGq (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Nov 2007 12:06:46 -0500 Received: from emailhub.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:59474 "EHLO mailhub.stusta.mhn.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756810AbXKERGp (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Nov 2007 12:06:45 -0500 Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 18:06:22 +0100 From: Adrian Bunk To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [2.6 patch] remove Documentation/smp.txt Message-ID: <20071105170622.GY12045@stusta.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org After seeing the filename I'd have expected something about the implementation of SMP in the Linux kernel - not some notes on kernel configuration and building trivialities noone would search at this place. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk --- Documentation/00-INDEX | 2 -- Documentation/smp.txt | 22 ---------------------- 2 files changed, 24 deletions(-) 07dd2298fa79d2dd42d3f774bd18e1c074881a4b diff --git a/Documentation/00-INDEX b/Documentation/00-INDEX index 9e94065..9d9a6ae 100644 --- a/Documentation/00-INDEX +++ b/Documentation/00-INDEX @@ -360,8 +360,6 @@ sharedsubtree.txt - a description of shared subtrees for namespaces. smart-config.txt - description of the Smart Config makefile feature. -smp.txt - - a few notes on symmetric multi-processing. sony-laptop.txt - Sony Notebook Control Driver (SNC) Readme. sonypi.txt diff --git a/Documentation/smp.txt b/Documentation/smp.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 82fc50b..0000000 --- a/Documentation/smp.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,22 +0,0 @@ -To set up SMP - -Configure the kernel and answer Y to CONFIG_SMP. - -If you are using LILO, it is handy to have both SMP and non-SMP -kernel images on hand. Edit /etc/lilo.conf to create an entry -for another kernel image called "linux-smp" or something. - -The next time you compile the kernel, when running a SMP kernel, -edit linux/Makefile and change "MAKE=make" to "MAKE=make -jN" -(where N = number of CPU + 1, or if you have tons of memory/swap - you can just use "-j" without a number). Feel free to experiment -with this one. - -Of course you should time how long each build takes :-) -Example: - make config - time -v sh -c 'make clean install modules modules_install' - -If you are using some Compaq MP compliant machines you will need to set -the operating system in the BIOS settings to "Unixware" - don't ask me -why Compaqs don't work otherwise.