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Re: [rtl] New RT-Linux and non-SMP kernels



>>>>> "Petr" == Petr Konecny <pekon@informatics.muni.cz> writes:

 Petr> Hi, thanks for the new 2.1.x RT-Linux. It seems to work on my
 Petr> setting. However I tried to build it with SMP turned off and it
 Petr> failed. Some structures and functions that IMHO should be
 Petr> outside of __SMP__ ifdef's are inside and vice versa.

 Petr> Is there any serious reason why non-SMP RT-Linux in 2.1.x
 Petr> kernels is not supported ? I always turn SMP off when building
 Petr> kernels as I don't have any MP beast.

Yes please...

Some things don't work when you compile with SMP.  A good example is
the APM (power management) support.  I can't run SMP kernels on my
laptop...

	paul
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