From owner-freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 17 12:58:03 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 83FAE16A4B3 for ; Wed, 17 Sep 2003 12:58:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from linda-1.paradise.net.nz (bm-1a.paradise.net.nz [202.0.58.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9170F43FBF for ; Wed, 17 Sep 2003 12:58:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from trademe@vidaicsystems.com) Received: from smtp-3.paradise.net.nz (smtp-3b.paradise.net.nz [202.0.32.212]) by linda-1.paradise.net.nz (Paradise.net.nz) with ESMTP id <0HLD00CIZJGPR0@linda-1.paradise.net.nz> for freebsd-smp@freebsd.org; Thu, 18 Sep 2003 07:58:01 +1200 (NZST) Received: from big (218-101-44-36.paradise.net.nz [218.101.44.36]) by smtp-3.paradise.net.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0B42ADF17 for ; Thu, 18 Sep 2003 07:58:00 +1200 (NZST) Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 07:56:00 +1200 From: Patrick Brennan To: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org Message-id: <3F696510.2995.E433456@localhost> X-Mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v4.02a) Priority: normal Subject: 6 x PPro X-BeenThere: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: trademe@vidaicsystems.com List-Id: FreeBSD SMP implementation group List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 19:58:03 -0000 Hi, I have just aquired an ALR 6 x PPro 200 machine. I know there is a lot of development work in the SMP area, so I have a few questions: Will the 4-Series SMP kernel utilise more than 4 processors? How well does the 5-Series SMP kernel work? Is it stable? I understand there are at least two different implementations that you can specify in the kernel_build.conf? Is there anything else I should know?! Thanks, Patrick Brennan