Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 17:41:54 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@iowna.com> To: Shawn Frederickson <Shawn.Frederickson@requisite.com> Cc: "'questions@freebsd.org'" <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Enabling Multiple CPUs on 4.2 Message-ID: <3B1FF522.136F29FA@iowna.com> References: <CBFEDA12A717D411BEA100A0C9D63579012C053D@astro.corp.requisite.com>
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Build, compile and install a kernel that is SMP aware. The default kernel (GENERIC) is not SMP capable. See http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig.html Shawn Frederickson wrote: > > I have several 2 CPU systems running FreeBSD 4.2. I know this because I > opened the system and there are 2 physical CPUs. The system manual doesn't > mention any jumper settings I should need to change, but according to sysctl > and sysinfo, there is only 1 CPU on the systems. > > Output from sysinfo: > > G E N E R A L I N F O R M A T I O N > > Host ID is 00000000 > System Model is GenuineIntel Pentium III/Pentium III Xeon/Celeron > Main Memory is 2.0 GB > Virtual Memory is 4.0 GB > Number of CPUs is 1 > CPU Type is i686 GenuineIntel Pentium III/Pentium III > Xeon/Celeron > App Architecture is i386 > Kernel Architecture is i386 > OS Name is FreeBSD > OS Version is 4.2-RELEASE > OS Distribution is 199506 > > sysctl -n hw.ncpu > 1 > > Is there anything I need to do to get FreeBSD to recognize the 2nd CPU? > Your help is greatly appreciated! > > Thanks! > > Shawn D. Frederickson > Production Systems Administrator > Requisite Technology > E-CONTENT SOLUTIONS THAT POWER B2B E-COMMERCE > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE > This electronic mail transmission and any accompanying documents contain > information belonging to the sender > ("Information") that may be confidential and legally privileged. If you are > not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, > distribution or action taken in reliance on the Information is strictly > prohibited. If you have received the Information in error, > please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the > original email. > Thank you. > > 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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