From: Jim Nelson <james4765@verizon.net>
To: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Patch to arch/sparc/Kconfig [1 of 5]
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 05:41:26 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <41738FC6.4080606@verizon.net> (raw)
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Fixes x86-specific help in SPARC32 SMP support help.
Apply against 2.6.9-rc4.
diff -u arch/sparc/Kconfig.orig arch/sparc/Kconfig
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--- ./arch/sparc/Kconfig.orig 2004-10-16 09:53:49.626021592 -0400
+++ ./arch/sparc/Kconfig 2004-10-16 10:02:10.724152771 -0400
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@
depends on BROKEN
---help---
This enables support for systems with more than one CPU. If you have
- a system with only one CPU, like most personal computers, say N. If
- you have a system with more than one CPU, say Y.
+ a system with only one CPU, say N. If you have a system with more
+ than one CPU, say Y.
If you say N here, the kernel will run on single and multiprocessor
machines, but will use only one CPU of a multiprocessor machine. If
@@ -94,17 +94,11 @@
singleprocessor machines. On a singleprocessor machine, the kernel
will run faster if you say N here.
- Note that if you say Y here and choose architecture "586" or
- "Pentium" under "Processor family", the kernel will not work on 486
- architectures. Similarly, multiprocessor kernels for the "PPro"
- architecture may not work on all Pentium based boards.
-
People using multiprocessor machines who say Y here should also say
Y to "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support", below. The "Advanced Power
Management" code will be disabled if you say Y here.
See also the <file:Documentation/smp.txt>,
- <file:Documentation/i386/IO-APIC.txt>,
<file:Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt> and the SMP-HOWTO available at
<http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
next reply other threads:[~2004-10-18 9:44 UTC|newest]
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2004-10-18 9:41 Jim Nelson [this message]
2004-10-18 10:23 ` Patch to arch/sparc/Kconfig [1 of 5] William Lee Irwin III
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