Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 15:27:58 -0700 From: Mike Hogsett <hogsett@csl.sri.com> To: Lord Raiden <raiden23@netzero.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Freebsd and multi-cpu systems Message-ID: <200208202227.g7KMRwNL075513@axp.csl.sri.com> In-Reply-To: Message from Lord Raiden <raiden23@netzero.net> of "Tue, 20 Aug 2002 18:31:51 EDT." <4.2.0.58.20020820182847.00a02280@192.168.0.25>
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It is relatively simple. Look at /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC specificly the following lines when commented out produce an SMP kernel : #options SMP # Symmetric MultiProcessor Kernel #options APIC_IO # Symmetric (APIC) I/O Also read http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig.html HTH, Michael Hogsett > 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. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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