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diff --git a/doc/user/smp.t b/doc/user/smp.t index 1b4849ad4f..e42c7f7bb9 100644 --- a/doc/user/smp.t +++ b/doc/user/smp.t @@ -8,6 +8,23 @@ @section Introduction +The Symmetric Multiprocessing (SMP) support of the RTEMS @value{VERSION} is +available on + +@itemize @bullet +@item ARM, +@item PowerPC, and +@item SPARC. +@end itemize + +It must be explicitly enabled via the @code{--enable-smp} configure command +line option. To enable SMP in the application configuration see +@ref{Configuring a System Enable SMP Support for Applications}. The default +scheduler for SMP applications supports up to 32 processors and is a global +fixed priority scheduler, see also @ref{Configuring a System Configuring +Clustered/Partitioned Schedulers}. For example applications see +@file{testsuites/smptests}. + This chapter describes the services related to Symmetric Multiprocessing provided by RTEMS. |