On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 3:34 AM, Leonidas . <leonidas137@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > I am running Ubuntu Jaunty currently, with kernel version 2.6.28 kernel. > I was assuming that, all the kernels above 2.6 will have CONFIG_PREEMPT > =1 by default, but my default kernel does not have it set. > > Is that the norm? I can understand certain use cases which might require > the kernel to be non pre-emptible but even a regular desktop distro does > not have it set? Surprising? > > -Leo. > Even the vmware image which I use for development does not have CONFIG_PREEMPT=1. though it says kernel is SMP. #uname -a Linux ubuntu-vm 2.6.27.2 -generic #1 SMP Thu Aug 28 17:20:02 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux -Leo. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
