A quick kernel compile question

[jonycat]

This isn't a problem really but I have to ask. When I compiled my last kernel in Lenny, I ended up with an smp kernel. In /boot for example: (vmlinuz-2.6.23.9-custom-smp) Most of the time I don't compile an smp kernel so I know I do something different when I do xconfig. Not complaining cuz it works great. I just want to know how I get an smp kernel on occasion.

Thanks jonycat


Oops, if a mod sees this you may want to move to the Kernel Forum
sorry.

[aliov]

I prefer to use make menuconfig :

So in :
Processor type and features --->[*] Symmetric multi-processing support

as for the name of the kernel you can play with it
General setup --->
(-smp) Local version - append to kernel release ( here you can change the kernel name and modules) .

[jonycat]

Thanks aliov
Yea I know I can give my kernel a name I was just wondering what I do to end up with an smp kernel

Thank You jonycat

[stoked]

If I'm not mistaken an smp kernel is a slackware kernel correct? How you got an smp kernel depends on how you downloaded the kernel using wget? or from The Linux Kernel Archives and then extracting and building everything on your own?

[aliov]

If I'm not mistaken an smp kernel is a slackware kernel correct?

No, SMP is symmetric multi processor, the kernel is always the same, but the Linux kernel is very flexible, you can configure it to support many CPU and for many architecture