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