From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Mar 29 13:12: 4 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from itouch.co.nz (itouch.co.nz [203.99.66.188]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7BDB137B719 for ; Thu, 29 Mar 2001 13:12:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jonc@itouch.co.nz) Received: (from jonc@localhost) by itouch.co.nz (8.11.2/8.11.1) id f2TLB9x29538; Fri, 30 Mar 2001 09:11:09 +1200 (NZST) (envelope-from jonc) Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 09:11:09 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen To: Siggy Brentrup Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Building SMP kernel Message-ID: <20010330091109.C28626@itouchnz.itouch> References: <87u24cwl8t.fsf@winnegan.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <87u24cwl8t.fsf@winnegan.de>; from bsb@winnegan.de on Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 07:14:26PM +0200 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 07:14:26PM +0200, Siggy Brentrup wrote: > Hello, > > coming from the Debian/GNU Linux world, I just installed FreeBSD 4.2 > from CD on an otherwised unused dual P166 System. Since the default > kernel is configured w/o SMP support, I have to rebuild it, but from > the docs I understand you have to successfully make world beforehand. > > Having installed a full system I'd really like to have SMP enabled > before making world, is there a way? Can't find it in the manual or > the FAQ. You don't have to do a `make world' to build a kernel. The make buildworld+kernel+installworld is only required if you intend on tracking the latest sources from FreeBSD. For an installation off a CD (or one that has done the build+kernel+installworld at least once) you can build a kernel without recompiling everything. Check out: http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/kernelconfig-building.html To build an SMP kernel, just uncomment the relevant SMP lines in the kernel config file. Cheers. -- Jonathan Chen ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "We laugh in the face of danger, we drop icecubes down the vest of fear" - Edmond Blackadder III To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message