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Re[4]: Modules and the kernel
Leandro Dutra <LEANDROD@Amdocs.com> wrote:
> > at the current state of development). For example, practically any module
> to be
> > inserted into a SMP-aware kernel should be compiled with the __SMP__
> defined
>
> This means that when I do a kernel recompilation to add SMP support
> I am also recompiling all modules I use?
Well, I said "_practically_ any". For sure every module handling an
interrupt-driven device should be recompiled and (almost for sure) everything
that uses DMA. But I'm not a kernel hacker either, so you may get more precise
answer from other people. On the other hand, I was told, many new distributions
are shipped with the SMP kernel by default.
Regards,
Evgeny
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