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| -rw-r--r-- | en/hardware/hardware-supported.xml | 4 |
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diff --git a/en/hardware/hardware-supported.xml b/en/hardware/hardware-supported.xml index 41c970dea..f035966b8 100644 --- a/en/hardware/hardware-supported.xml +++ b/en/hardware/hardware-supported.xml @@ -263,6 +263,8 @@ recent years even for rather low-end desktop computers and laptops with the introduction of so called <quote>multi-core</quote> processors. These contain two or more processor units, called <quote>cores</quote>, in one physical chip. +</para><para> + The standard &debian; &release; kernel image has been compiled with SMP support. It is also usable on non-SMP systems without problems. @@ -281,6 +283,8 @@ The standard &debian; &release; kernel image has been compiled with will detect the number of processors (or processor cores) and will automatically deactivate SMP on uniprocessor systems. +</para><para> + Having multiple processors in a computer was originally only an issue for high-end server systems but has become quite common in recent years even for rather low-end desktop computers and laptops with |