Re: Kernel Question: What is #6 SMP?



michelebargeman@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
When I typed "uname -a"
It displayed following
Linux Ordinateur 2.6.16.7 #6 SMP Thu Apr 20 16:48:48 EDT 2006 i686
GNU/Linux

What is #6 SMP?

The "#6" tells that the kernel was rebuild 6 times without running 'make clean'.

The "SMP" tells that the kernel is supporting multiple CPUs.


//Aho
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