Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 17:27:25 -0500 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: Lord Raiden <raiden23@netzero.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Freebsd and multi-cpu systems Message-ID: <20020820222725.GE70340@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.58.20020820182847.00a02280@192.168.0.25> References: <4.2.0.58.20020820182847.00a02280@192.168.0.25>
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In the last episode (Aug 20), Lord Raiden said: > Hi all. Just wondering about something. I had someone today who > mentioned to me about doing a Freebsd server with dual P3's and a huge raid > array. The raid I'm cool with. The Dual P3's I'm not. I know that > there's something special that goes into making Freebsd work correctly on a > multi-cpu system and make it work correctly. > > Can anyone tell me how to do this or point me towards a faq on how > this is done? Thanks. I'm sure it involves some kernel hacking and > recompiling, so I'm game for that if need be. Just add options SMP # Symmetric MultiProcessor Kernel options APIC_IO # Symmetric (APIC) I/O to your kernel and rebuild. The resulting kernel will only boot on SMP hardware, though, so don't try and boot it on a regular desktop. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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