[SunRescue] HOW useful 690/MP

[Gregory Leblanc]

I guess that must be a feature that's new to the 6.0 release.   When I
installed that on my single processor server (dual capable) it used the MP
kernel for the default boot.  As soon as I get a chance I'll get the sparc
version and try it on my SS20.
	Greg

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Keith Low [mailto:krlow at idirect.com]
> Sent: Monday, September 13, 1999 1:53 PM
> To: rescue at sunhelp.org
> Subject: Re: [SunRescue] HOW useful 690/MP
> 
> 
> Hi
> 
>     I just installed RedHat 5.2 Linux on a Dual-Pentium PC(No 
> laughing please,
> it is to help out a SPARCStation 1+ webserving), and it 
> didn't support the 2
> processors until the kernel was re-compiled, but I am not 
> sure if the Sparc
> version is the same. I am running RH 5.2 on the SS 1+ as well.
> 
> 
> Gregory Leblanc wrote:
> 
> > I don't believe that there is a "minimum" processor for MP, 
> per say.  I'm
> > reasonably sure that the S/Linux port runs MP, but quite so 
> sure about the
> > Sun 68K based machines.  In any event, just try booting 
> from one of the
> > disks, and see if it recognizes two processors on boot.  
> The RedHat boot
> > disk should work well for this, you can just watch the boot 
> messages going
> > by telling how many processors Linux sees.  (Note that this 
> isn't Sparc
> > Linux, because Sparc is a trademark or some such bull)  I 
> haven't tried it
> > myself, since I'm teaching myself SunOS/Solaris.
> >         Greg
> 
> 
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