Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 17:41:52 -0800 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@urx.com> To: Russell Francis <frussell@p1.cs.ohiou.edu> Cc: Marco Masotti <masotti@mclink.it>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: xcpustate and SMP Message-ID: <3A8F2860.A8CC571C@urx.com> References: <Pine.GSO.3.96.1010217191502.17123A-100000@p1>
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Russell Francis wrote: > > > > Marco Masotti wrote: > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > I' running xcpustate on a bi-processor machine, but I'm not able to see > > > the two bars that would be involved in a SMP config. > > > > > > When running locally on supported multiprocessors > > > (SolbourneOS/MPsystems, Ultrix multiprocessors, Linux/SMP, and the > > > Gould NP1), there will be one bar for each CPU. > > > > > > My hardware is an Abit BP6 with 2xCeleron@550, FreeBSD 4._REL, xcpustate > > > is version 2.5, patchlevel 1.13 > > > > > > BTW, Is FreeBSD a *not supported* multiprocessor? > > > > It is unless you turn on multi-processor support in the kernel. > > > > Kent > > I am also running a dual system and even with SMP compiled into the > kernel, the issue with monitoring software (xcpustate, xosview) only > showing one CPU still exists. SMP is supported though because when > one processor is maxed out it will show 50% when both processors are > maxed it will show 100%. SMP works but the software to admire it isn't > quite there. That is too bad. I just got a Abit VP8 with dual 866 running and so far my AMD Thunderbird 900 will do buildworld's 20% faster. I was hoping there was something that would show me where the bottleneck was. Kent > -Russ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA mailto:kbstew99@hotmail.com http://kstewart.urx.com/kstewart/index.html FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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