[ale] SMP support for CentOS 4.0 i386

[Jeff Hubbs]

One reason I started working primarily with Linux was that I was tired
of arbitrary license cost hikes based on things that don't cost the
vendor more money to supply, i.e., number-of-CPU limits, client access
limits, charging by number of CPUs times clock speed
(coughORACLEcough)...

Jeff

On Thu, 2005-03-24 at 15:11 -0500, Yu, Jerry wrote:
> if so, <= 2-way restriction for 'RHEL ES' is probably just marketing/sales gimmicks to force you to buy pricier AS version for >=3-way servers.
> 
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> # From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org]
> # Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:31 PM
> # To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> # Subject: Re: [ale] SMP support for CentOS 4.0 i386
> # 
> # 
> # CentOS is compiled from RHEL source. That source is still 
> # GPL. I can't 
> # see how RH can enforce something like that on the license. It 
> # could be 
> # possible that Redhat has changed the kernel code in such a 
> # way, to only 
> # use at most twoCPUs, but if that were the case nothing would 
> # prevent you 
> # from changing it back. I know the guys over at 
> http://www.openfiler.org 
> use CentOS as there base distribution for the OpenFiler project, you may 
> want to ask those guys this question, they would probably know.
> 
> Denny
> 
> Yu, Jerry wrote:
> 
> > anybody know how many CPU can CentOS 4.0 support?    Its redhat 
> > counterpart "RHEL 4.0 ES" supports only 2. I'd assume it is 
> > restriction of RHEL license  instead of 'feature lock' in the kernel, 
> > right?
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