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Date:      Wed, 15 Aug 2001 05:38:19 -0500
From:      Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>
To:        "Eric Lam" <ecrim@earthlink.net>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Dual Processors in FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <15226.20763.719192.719830@guru.mired.org>
In-Reply-To: <99099657@toto.iv>

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Eric Lam <ecrim@earthlink.net> types:
> Do I need to do some extra configuration to utilize dual processors in
> FreeBSD?  I have a dual Pentium Pro box, and I don't see the second
> processor listed in dmesg and startup.  Thanks for your help.

You need to build a custom kernel with SMP support enabled. Read the
handbook on building a custom kernel, and read
/usr/src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC for instructions on enabling SMP.

	<mike
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