Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 14:34:43 -0400 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Cc: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 'device apic' required for SMP kernel? Message-ID: <200707181434.44015.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <1356210A-31D0-4EC7-A7BB-CEA57B0C1C6B@ernstdehaan.com> References: <1356210A-31D0-4EC7-A7BB-CEA57B0C1C6B@ernstdehaan.com>
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On Wednesday 18 July 2007 10:39:41 am Ernst de Haan wrote: > Hi, > > > According to the Handbook, section 8.4: > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ > kernelconfig-config.html > > the 'device apic' option is required for SMP-kernels. > > However: > 1. the GENERIC kernel config does not include this option; > 2. nor does the SMP kernel config; > 3. my system works with a kernel config based on GENERIC+SMP, without > this options, so it seems to be optional. > > My suggestion is to clarify the text in the Handbook. It is for i386 only, however, this page is largely tailored to i386 and needs several things fixed to become less i386-centric. -- John Baldwin
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