Hi, As you can see, there are only few entries in the GENERIC.MP and if it compiles indeed how about the device drivers usually found in the GENERIC? Would it be included when GENERIC.MP compiles?
Regards, Demuel >Josh Grosse > On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 10:24:17PM +0800, Demuel I. Bendano, R.E.E wrote: > >> ...I have a machine, Dell 1855, that has one SATA hard disk drive but >> with >> two Pentium Xeon 2.0Ghz processor. Now, I have both the stable/current >> source code both for the kernel and the userland. I suppose that the >> GENERIC kernel supports only one processor whereas the GENERIC.SMP >> supports multiple processor. The FAQ deals with the GENERIC processor >> and >> I cannot get anything under it that tells what to do if one will compile >> from the source code with a GENERIC.SMP kernel. > > It's "GENERIC.MP" -- to create a -stable version of that kernel, make > three > changes to the step-by-step instructions in FAQ 5: > > 1) use "config GENERIC.MP" instead of "config GENERIC" > 2) cd to "../compile/GENERIC.MP" instead of "../compile/GENERIC" > 3) when copying the "bsd" kernel to your root partition, either copy it to > "/bsd" or "/bsd.mp" depending on how you manage your -release bsd.mp > kernel.
