Linux and SMP questions.

[MadSkillzMan]

ok guys, i know this can EASILY be in both parts of this forum. I dont want to double post..(unless id get more response over in SMP)

1. How do i enable SMP in SuSE 9.1? The install only shows 1 CPU.
2. Does Main actor 5 support SMP?
3. if i run SMP apps under crossover office, will they take advantage of both CPUs? basically if i get ulead media studio to run under crossover office GOODBYE WINDOZE.

i think thats about it guys. Thanks in advance

 

[Christoph]

You don't need to do anything special to enable SMP other than recompile the kenel (or find an SMP kenrnel package from SUSE). I can't find anything saying that either Crossover Office or MainActor 5 supports SMP, but that only means that in the worst case they'll use one CPU.

 

[injinj]

Boot it up and do a "cat /proc/cpuinfo". There should be multiple cpus there if kernel is recognizing both cpus. If uname -r has a "smp" in it, and it isn't recognizing both cpus, pay close attention to the boot log, it initializes the second cpu somewhere in there. The command "dmesg" should show it.

Suse9.1 has rpms for them. I'd install the unpatched one first, then use the builtin update function to get the other updates along with the kernel update:

ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/9.1/suse/i586/kernel-smp-2.6.4-52.i586.rpm
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.1/rpm/i586/kernel-smp.rpm