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Date:      Tue, 6 May 1997 11:19:22 +0100 (BST)
From:      Stephen Roome <steve@visint.co.uk>
To:        Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
Cc:        Steve Passe <smp@csn.net>, bruce@zuhause.mn.org, freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Where to start SMP?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.970506111357.16443A-100000@bagpuss.visint.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <199705011825.LAA04751@phaeton.artisoft.com>

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On Thu, 1 May 1997, Terry Lambert wrote:
> > > Where's the recommended location for starting SMP?  I'm doing it in
> > > /usr/local/etc/rc.d, but I was wondering if I was missing something.
> > > I think it should be added to /etc/rc and /etc/rc.conf now that the
> > > SMP code is in -current.
> > 
> > --
> > there is no 'recommended' place. experiment, let us know what works well...
> 
> It would help posters like this, now that the merge is done, to have
> an "SMP" file in /etc/i386/conf" for an SMP version of "GENERIC".


I'm not sure that that is the problem area. I only just started with SMP, 
and the biggest problem was not figuring out the config (as frankly there 
really isn't much to do to make it work from a user point of view).

What was a lot harder was figuring what the options do. The new LINT may have
all (or many anyway) possible options in it, but most of them are poorly
explained and 50% of them aren't documented other than 2 words. 

Although a generic smp config file would be helpful, a slightly more 
prominent entry in the standard handbook really is required as well.

--
Steve Roome
Technical Systems Manager, Vision Interactive Ltd.
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