From: Khalid Aziz <khalid@fc.hp.com>
To: Mark Mokryn <mark@sangate.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: SMP module compilation on UP?
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 15:14:10 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3B27D7A2.854DF5D1@fc.hp.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3B276DDE.A19F60DF@sangate.com>
Mark Mokryn wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Is it possible to build an SMP module on a machine running a UP kernel
> (or vice versa)? We of course get unresolved symbols during module load
> due to the smp prefix on the ksyms, and haven't seen how to get around
> it. (Defining __SMP__ does not cut it, though I believe this used to
> work a while ago).
>
Why not just run an SMP kernel on UP machine? Yes, there may be minor
performance penalty but that may be irrelevant for you if it lets you
build and load SMP modules on that machine. With a UP kernel running,
you will be able to build SMP modules but not load them.
--
Khalid
====================================================================
Khalid Aziz Linux Development Laboratory
(970)898-9214 Hewlett-Packard
khalid@fc.hp.com Fort Collins, CO
prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-06-13 21:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-06-13 13:42 SMP module compilation on UP? Mark Mokryn
2001-06-13 15:25 ` Rafael Herrera
2001-06-13 14:43 ` Mark Mokryn
2001-06-13 16:50 ` Keith Owens
2001-06-14 17:27 ` Kurt Garloff
2001-06-13 16:42 ` Keith Owens
2001-06-13 21:14 ` Khalid Aziz [this message]
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