Date: Sun, 19 May 2013 00:56:25 +0000 (UTC) From: Eitan Adler <eadler@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r41671 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq Message-ID: <201305190056.r4J0uPhv010525@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: eadler Date: Sun May 19 00:56:24 2013 New Revision: 41671 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/41671 Log: Restore the SMP question as it may still be useful Requested by: gavin, scottl Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml Sun May 19 00:28:55 2013 (r41670) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml Sun May 19 00:56:24 2013 (r41671) @@ -1674,6 +1674,28 @@ </qandaentry> <qandaentry> + <question id="smp-support"> + <para>Does &os; support Symmetric Multiprocessing + (SMP)?</para> + </question> + + <answer> + <para>Symmetric multi-processor (SMP) systems are generally + supported by &os;, although in some cases, BIOS or + motherboard bugs may generate some problems.</para> + + <para>&os; will take advantage of HyperThreading (HTT) + support on &intel; CPUs that support this feature. A kernel + with the <literal>options SMP</literal> option, enabled + by default, + will automatically detect the additional logical + processors.</para> + + <para>&man.smp.4; has more details.</para> + </answer> + </qandaentry> + + <qandaentry> <question id="microcode"> <para>What is microcode? How do I install &intel; CPU microcode updates?</para>
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