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Re: i386 uniprocessor build



On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 01:29:30PM +0100, Fekete Zoltán wrote:
> Hi There,
> 
> I tried to comment out MULTIPROCESSOR option in std.i386. However the system
> could not build a kernel without this option (PREEMPTION first as a
> depenedency).

'options MULTIPROCESSOR' has been a required option for the x86 ports
for years now.

> Is there any way to build a kernel for a certain uniprocessor machine (old
> Pentium 3)?

With 'options MULTIPROCESSOR'.  The code paths are automatically
optimized for uni/multi-processor machines with runtime patching.

	Jonathan Kollasch


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