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Support for SMP in the kernel was introduced in version 2.0 which was released in June 1996. It wasn't that mature but it was definitely there. It was only by 1
by camperman 12y ago
Support for SMP in the kernel was introduced in version 2.0 which was released in June 1996. It wasn't that mature but it was definitely there. It was only by 1999-2000 with version 2.2 improvements and a bunch of consumer-level dual-core boards like the Abit BP6 that Linux SMP really started becoming popular and usable for workstations.