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Date:      Sun, 5 Dec 2010 23:40:22 -0500
From:      "illoai@gmail.com" <illoai@gmail.com>
To:        Jorge Biquez <jbiquez@intranet.com.mx>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Need to compile kernel for 2 or more processors?
Message-ID:  <AANLkTikbQ%2BD1ysVmb7p5WLu_wKm-cHwOuiR9MBeqFgdK@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <3374415662-437629193@intranet.com.mx>
References:  <3374415662-437629193@intranet.com.mx>

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On 5 December 2010 12:39, Jorge Biquez <jbiquez@intranet.com.mx> wrote:
> Hello all.

Hello.

>
> I hope this question does not sound so stupid. I am sorry in advance.
>

Well, that's life.

>
> =A0I guess that actually we do not have to change the kernel so all proce=
ssors
> can be seen? Am I right ?


http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base/releng/7.3/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC?revisio=
n=3D203736&view=3Dmarkup
or
http://tinyurl.com/28km4fc
shows that
---
# To make an SMP kernel, the next two lines are needed
options 	SMP			# Symmetric MultiProcessor Kernel
device		apic			# I/O APIC
---
is part of GENERIC on 7.3, ergo you needn't recompile to enjoy multiple
processing joy in all(most of) its glory.

HTH

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