Comment 1 for bug 1406535

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Ryan Finnie (fo0bar) wrote :

This was a specific decision not to do CONFIG_SMP, unfortunately, as the Finnix x86 (and ppc, fwiw) kernel targets compatibility over features. An SMP-enabled Linux kernel is not compatible with 586 (and certain early 686) processors, and there are no instances where SMP-capable x86 processors require an SMP-capable kernel.