Commit ce91871b authored by James Nelson's avatar James Nelson Committed by Sam Ravnborg

Patch to arch/sparc/Kconfig [1 of 5]

Fixes x86-specific help in SPARC32 SMP support help.

From: Jim Nelson <james4765@verizon.net>
Acked-by: default avatarWilliam Lee Irwin III <wli@holomorphy.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarSam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
parent 49183449
...@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ config SMP ...@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ config SMP
depends on BROKEN depends on BROKEN
---help--- ---help---
This enables support for systems with more than one CPU. If you have This enables support for systems with more than one CPU. If you have
a system with only one CPU, like most personal computers, say N. If a system with only one CPU, say N. If you have a system with more
you have a system with more than one CPU, say Y. than one CPU, say Y.
If you say N here, the kernel will run on single and multiprocessor If you say N here, the kernel will run on single and multiprocessor
machines, but will use only one CPU of a multiprocessor machine. If machines, but will use only one CPU of a multiprocessor machine. If
...@@ -95,17 +95,11 @@ config SMP ...@@ -95,17 +95,11 @@ config SMP
singleprocessor machines. On a singleprocessor machine, the kernel singleprocessor machines. On a singleprocessor machine, the kernel
will run faster if you say N here. will run faster if you say N here.
Note that if you say Y here and choose architecture "586" or
"Pentium" under "Processor family", the kernel will not work on 486
architectures. Similarly, multiprocessor kernels for the "PPro"
architecture may not work on all Pentium based boards.
People using multiprocessor machines who say Y here should also say People using multiprocessor machines who say Y here should also say
Y to "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support", below. The "Advanced Power Y to "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support", below. The "Advanced Power
Management" code will be disabled if you say Y here. Management" code will be disabled if you say Y here.
See also the <file:Documentation/smp.txt>, See also the <file:Documentation/smp.txt>,
<file:Documentation/i386/IO-APIC.txt>,
<file:Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt> and the SMP-HOWTO available at <file:Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt> and the SMP-HOWTO available at
<http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
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