From: John Northrop Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.alpha,comp.parallel.pvm,comp.parallel.mpi Subject: Re: SMP Alpha Linux Date: 4 Oct 1998 13:40:36 GMT Organization: AT&T WorldNet Services Message-Id: <36177AE3.1B18FDB7@worldnet.att.net> References: <3616B5D4.D26D1BF0@worldnet.att.net> <6v7spa$jo9$1@news-1.news.gte.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Xref: ukc comp.os.linux.alpha:5627 comp.parallel.pvm:7649 comp.parallel.mpi:4110 It is my understanding that I can use individual host on a network for parallel processing providing SMP support is compiled into the kernel. Eric Christy wrote: > I'm a bit confused as the as200 is a single processor machine. > > Eric > > Harvey J. Stein wrote: > > > John Northrop writes: > > > > > I have two AS200's and am trying to build my kernel with SMP support. > > > My most recent attempts have been with kernel version 2.1.122 . The > > > build process would die in the final stages of the process. Does anyone > > > know if this is possible ? > > > > I'm not sure if Linux supports SMP on the alpha yet. Check the linux > > alpha mailing list archive for details. > > > > -- > > Harvey J. Stein > > BFM Financial Research > > hjstein@bfr.co.il