Sender: Nils Faerber From: Nils Faerber Subject: Re: SMP Alpha Linux Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.alpha,comp.parallel.pvm,comp.parallel.mpi References: <3616B5D4.D26D1BF0@worldnet.att.net> <6v7spa$jo9$1@news-1.news.gte.net> <36177AE3.1B18FDB7@worldnet.att.net> Message-Id: <36178544.0@rainbow.hrz.uni-siegen.de> Date: 4 Oct 98 14:25:08 GMT Xref: ukc comp.os.linux.alpha:5630 comp.parallel.pvm:7651 comp.parallel.mpi:4112 In comp.os.linux.alpha John Northrop wrote: : It is my understanding that I can use individual host on a network for parallel : processing providing SMP support is compiled into the kernel. ARGL! No, SMP is just suport for multiple processors in ONE machine. For distributed computing you will have to use PVM or MPI or have a look at the Beowolf project pages. : Eric Christy wrote: : > I'm a bit confused as the as200 is a single processor machine. : > Harvey J. Stein wrote: : > > > 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 ? CU nils -- Nils Faerber (Linux Nils) eMail: nils@unix-ag.org Student of computer science http://www.si.unix-ag.org/~nils/ Unix user group, University of Siegen, Germany Siegen ... the arctic rain forest! --