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- v1.14, 9 july 2002
- First release since in almost two years
- Added article Multiprocessor Specification Support (Randy Dunlap)
- Added explanation of "unexpected IO-APIC" problem
- Added a note on changes between 2.2.x and 2.4.x kernels
- Added new section update on SPARC (Lionel, trollhunter Bouchpan-Lerust-Juery)
- Added various questions and answers
- Deleted "SMP specific limit with current kernel (2.2)": outdated
- Changed word "current" from kernel 2.2 documents
- v1.12.1, 25 october 2000
- Put all authors in Bryant, Hartner, Qi and Venkitachalam paper
- v1.12, 22 october 2000
- Explanation on why not trust Xosview on scheduling (Rik van Riel)
- A pointer to an article that compares 2.2 and 2.4 kernels (Ray Bryant)
- v1.11, 8 october 2000
- Linux boots on a Sun E1000 with 24 CPUs
- Linux boots on a AlphaServer with 31 CPUs
- v1.10, 5 october 2000
- New linux-smp mailing-list adress : linux-smp@vger.kernel.org
(me)
- Tell where to find RTC setting in kernel config (Patrick
Doyle)
- glossary updated and concepts added (from a french version made
by Ludovic Danigo)
- Fixed an inconsistency (Matthias Schniedermeyer)
- Deleted wrong links (Johan Ekenberg)
- v1.9.1, 28 september 2000
- updated with a submission from Stig Telfer detailing SMP support
on API Alpha systems
- v1.9, 13 january 2000
- Remember to disable all BIOS power-save features (Osamu
Aoki)
- Explain how to access to Compaq server into advanced
configuration mode (Adrian Portelli)
- v1.8, 8 november 1999
- quad-celeron motherboard was a hoax, restored old paragraph
(Simen Timian Thoresen)
- v1.7, 6 november 1999
- new introduction (C. Polisher aka cp)
- numerous typo and grammatical fixes (cp)
- introductory paragraph on kernel compilation (cp)
- introductory paragraph on SMP need (cp)
- reference on KAI optimizing compiler (Gero Wedemann)
- quad-celeron motherboard exists (Jeffrey H. Ingber)
- v1.6, 21 october 1999
- added information on xosview scheduling perturbation
- added "APIC error interrupt on CPU#n" message information
- added information on hard lockup
- deleted section "How to optain maximum performance" (was
obsolete)
- added info on dual systems with different x86 procs (a Celeron
and a P-II)
- v1.5, 4 october 1999
- more precision in PSET description
- v1.4, 30 september 1999
- precize to enable MTRR support for an x86 SMP kernel (me)
- v1.3, 29 september 1999
- many many grammar and typographical fixes (Wade Hampton
aka hww)
- added info in short introduction related to 2.2/2.4/2.0 diffs (hww)
- added step by step things to do to recompile a kernel (hww and me)
- added info related to SMP/UP modules problems (hww)
- added precision in Posix Threads section related to user (hww)
vs. kernel threads (hww)
- new item about NFS and kernel lock (hww)
- new item about kernel lock without message (hww)
- new item about debugging lockup problems (hww)
- added info about heating problems (hww)
- miscellaneous updates I've forget about (hww)
- new item about floppy access and sound (hww)
- v1.2, 27 september 1999
- name change: this document is now a HOWTO. TWD, and fast! (Guylhem Aznar)
- v1.1, 26 september 1999
- added a link to first Chris Pirih FAQ draft
- expanted an IRQ related problems
- v1.00, 25 september 1999
- first upgrade in a long long time!
- reprocessed the whole FAQ: 2.2 is here and 2.4 soon
- added kernel locking information from Ingo Molnar
- deleted item "How will my application perform under SMP?": outdated
- deleted item "My SMP system is locking up all the time.":
outdated
- deleted item "You are running 2.0.35 aren't you ?": outdated
- deleted item "Some hardware is also known to cause problems.":
outdated
- blanked section "Motherboards with known problems". We should
restart from scratch
- deleted section "Motherboards with NO known problems": outdated
- updated dual celeron section (numerous people)
- added "SPARC sun4m SMP machines" to supported SMP sparc machines
(Anton Blanchard)
- added a "During boot machine hang signaling an IOAPIC problem"
item in "Why it doesn't work on my machine?" section
- added a "What about SMP performances?" item
- updated "Why doesn't my old Compaq work?" item
- fixed an outdated pointer
- added a pointer to Ingo test SMP patches
- v0.54, 13 march 1999
- Added a section about SMP Alpha systems
- v0.53, 08 march 1999
- Added a section about SMP PowerPC systems
- v0.52, 07 march 1999
- Added a section about SMP Sparc systems
- v0.51, 06 march 1999
- Added a dual-celeron section
- Deleted Adaptec section
- Updated procps link
- Updated xosview link
- Added an answer for quad Xeon boot hang
- Updated item about glibc patch for gd: should be included in RH 5.2
- v0.50, 03 february 1999
- Updated "Multithreaded programs on linux" link
- v0.49, 13 january 1999
- Update about CONFIG_SMP. Added .txt to
Documentation/smp. (Michael Elizabeth Chastain)
- v0.48, 10 december 1998
- Mispelled corrected. Email address corrected.
- v0.47, 20 november 1998
- Added that 2.0.36 as the MTRR patch (related to the BogoMips problem)
- v0.46, 10 november 1998
- Update about Epox KP6-LS motherboards
- v0.45, 25 october 1998
- Corrected an error regarding /proc/stat file
- Added a pointer to CESDIS Ethernet Linux Drivers site
- v0.44, 14 october 1998
- Updated the link to the web page: Motherboards rumored to run
Linux SMP
- Added Jakob explanation how to time SMP systems with 2.0 kernels
- v0.43, 9 september 1998
- Updated first question in section 3.1
- Updated mt-Mesa link: multi-threaded is now included as
experimental in the Mesa distribution
- v0.42, 2 september 1998
- Minor cosmetic update in sect 3.3
- Two links (multithreaded Mesa and SMP performance) marked
outdated
- Updated the item about threads and exceptions in C++ (sect 3.3)
- v0.41, 1 september 1998
- Added a major section: "3.3 SMP Programming" written by Jakob
Østergaard
- moved some item of section "3.2 User side" in sect 3.3
- v0.40, 27 august 1998
- Updated section 3.1, item 7: processor affinity
- v0.39, 27 august 1998
- Updated needed Award BIOS version for Tyan motherboards
(hASCII)
- Added an item on IRQ in the crash section (me and
hASCII)
- Added good support of Asus P2B-DS (Ulf Rompe)
- Added another smp-list archive in pointer section (Hank Leininger)
- v0.38, 8 august 1998
- Added a pointer to the Linux Threads FAQ
- v0.37, 30 July 1998
- Emil Briggs is working on parallel plugins for Gimp (see
"Is there any threaded programs or library?", sect. "User side")
- v0.36, 26 July 1998
- Thanks to Jakob Østergaard, two changes in "Possible
causes of Crash"
- Changed 2.0.33 to 2.0.35 (latest stable)
- Added a "BIOS related causes of failure"
- v0.35, 14 July 1998
- Added N440BX Server Board in Motherboards with NO problems
- Added a succes story for GigaByte motherboard with BIOS upgrade
- Added a "How to obtain maximum performance ?" section (waiting
for your contributions ;)
- v0.34, 10 june 1998
- Added a "Parallelizing/Optimizing Compilers for 586/686 machines"
section in section "Useful Pointers", thanks to Sumit Roy
- Corrected a mispelling, "Asus P/I-UP5" is in fact "Asus
P/I-P65UP5"
- v0.33, 3 june 1998
- Yet another success story for a GigaByte DLX Motherboard.
- A tip for Tyan motherboards, disable the "DRAM Fast Leadoff" BIOS
option
- v0.32, 27 may 1998
- Asus P/I-UP5 added in the motherboard-with-NO-problem section
- v0.31, 18 may 1998
- Elitegroup P6LX2-A works with 2.1.100 and 101
- Bugs should be reported to
linux-smp@vger.rutgers.edu
- v0.30, 12 may 1998
- SuperMicro is now in the motherboard-with-NO-problem section
- v0.29, 11 may 1998
- A success story for a GigaByte 686 motherboard with 2.1.101
- Added a new item in the "User Side" section: "Is there any
threaded programs or library?"
- OpenGL Mesa library is beeing multithreaded. Cool! See the new
section for details.
- v0.28, 09 may 1998
- A US mirror of this FAQ is now available (see Introduction)
- Merge of the two confusing Gigabyte 686 entries
- v0.27, 05 may 1998
- New info for the Adaptec and TekRam drivers
- Micronics W6-LI motherboard works under SMP
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