From owner-svn-doc-all@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 19 07:09:46 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E8B94C4 for ; Sun, 19 May 2013 07:09:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from njm@njm.me.uk) Received: from smtp003.apm-internet.net (smtp003.apm-internet.net [85.119.248.52]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6931CCB0 for ; Sun, 19 May 2013 07:09:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 14430 invoked from network); 19 May 2013 07:09:38 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO meld.njm.me.uk) (86.162.21.39) by smtp003.apm-internet.net with SMTP; 19 May 2013 07:09:38 -0000 Received: from titania.njm.me.uk (titania.njm.me.uk [192.168.144.130]) by meld.njm.me.uk (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id r4J79can022342; Sun, 19 May 2013 08:09:38 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from njm@njm.me.uk) Received: from titania.njm.me.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by titania.njm.me.uk (8.14.7/8.14.6) with ESMTP id r4J79bNY084570; Sun, 19 May 2013 08:09:37 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from njm@njm.me.uk) Received: (from njm@localhost) by titania.njm.me.uk (8.14.7/8.14.6/Submit) id r4J79bHx084569; Sun, 19 May 2013 08:09:37 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from njm@njm.me.uk) Date: Sun, 19 May 2013 08:09:37 +0100 From: "N.J. Mann" To: Eitan Adler Subject: Re: svn commit: r41672 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq Message-ID: <20130519070937.GA83264@titania.njm.me.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Eitan Adler , doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org References: <201305190102.r4J12Uls013461@svn.freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201305190102.r4J12Uls013461@svn.freebsd.org> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 8.4-PRERELEASE User-Agent: mutt-NJM (2010-10-31) Cc: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, doc-committers@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: svn-doc-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire doc trees \(except for " user" , " projects" , and " translations" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 19 May 2013 07:09:47 -0000 In message <201305190102.r4J12Uls013461@svn.freebsd.org>, Eitan Adler (eadler@FreeBSD.org) wrote: > Author: eadler > Date: Sun May 19 01:02:30 2013 > New Revision: 41672 > URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/41672 > > Log: > Improve the smp-support question wording for the modern era. Indicate that certain ARM cpus may have issues. > > This is based on information and wording from gavin. > > 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 00:56:24 2013 (r41671) > +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml Sun May 19 01:02:30 2013 (r41672) > @@ -1680,16 +1680,13 @@ > > > > - Symmetric multi-processor (SMP) systems are generally > - supported by &os;, although in some cases, BIOS or > - motherboard bugs may generate some problems. > - > - &os; will take advantage of HyperThreading (HTT) > - support on &intel; CPUs that support this feature. A kernel > - with the options SMP option, enabled > - by default, > - will automatically detect the additional logical > - processors. > + &os; supports Symmetric multi-processor (SMP) on all > + non-embedded platforms (e.g, i386, amd64/x86-64, > + ia64, sparc64, powerpc, powerpc64). SMP is also > + supported in arm and MIPS kernels, although some CPUs > + may not support this. &os;'s SMP implementation uses > + fine-grained locking, and performance scales nearly > + liniarly with number of CPUs. ^^^^^^^^ linearly Cheers, Nick. --