Matt Luker wrote:
>
> On Sat, Jan 29, 2000 at 07:53:15AM -0600, Andrew Pavlis wrote:
> > Anyone know if this is a stable kernel build? I assume it is, but I
> > have never recompiled my kernel and don't want to f*ck it up if I don't
> > have to....the new Tulip driver is basically the only reason I want it,
> > along with the multiple APICs support (and to have the latest ane
> > greatest...AND to be able to brag that I was able to re-compile and
> > upgrade Linux on my own...;-] ).
>
> I just got it installed on my machine--runs fine.
>
Works for me too, on a couple of large machines - Netfinity 5500 and
7000 in particular (2 and 4 way xeons).
> BTW, pardon my ignorance, but what is the "multiple APICs support" and
> what does it do for me, now that I have it :-)
Nothing for you I'd guess - I doubt the BP6 has multiple APICs on it. On
large multiway boxes with lots of slots you can have multiple IO APIC
chips allowing an even larger number of irq lines to handle all the IO
cards. The 7000 is like this - it has something like 12 hotplug PCI
slots and 2 IO APICS. I think the two cards I've got in it turn up on
irqs in the mid 30s.
[..]
Cheers,
David
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