From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] SMP support on 3c527 net driver for 2.6
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 00:31:20 -0400
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Richard Procter wrote:
> On Sat, 18 Oct 2003, Andrew Morton wrote:
> 
> 
>>I've regenerated this against the current driver.  I'll include it in
>>test8-mm1.
>>
>>If the scsi problem is fixed could you please retest this driver on both
>>SMP and UP builds?
> 
>  
> Thanks --- will do. Note that it's only tested on UP. I'm trying to find
> someone with the requisite hardware. 
> (SMP + MCA + 3c527 + Linux = a rare beast).   


You can boot an SMP kernel on a uniprocessor machine.  In fact, doing so 
it a great test for deadlocks...

	Jeff