Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Does anybody try to compile the 2.3 kernels at all ? :(( | Date | Mon, 14 Feb 2000 14:54:17 +0000 (GMT) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> ALAN: Am I right in thinking that there's a known bug in the P54C > processor regarding its use in SMP configurations, and one needs the > P55C (Px/MMX) processor as a minimum for reliable SMP operation?
No.
In fact most pentium era SMP boards cannot support MMX processors, and many processors of that era have both SMP certified and non SMP certified CPU variants. The SMP certified ones have to be similar steppings in some cases to work.
Life in the PII era is way way simpler.
Alan
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