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Date:      Sun, 30 May 2004 03:09:09 -0700
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Shane Ambler <Shane@007Marketing.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Mailing Lists <freebsd-smp@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: SMP kernel for MSI 694D Pro
Message-ID:  <20040530100908.GA39456@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <BCDFE802.1875A%Shane@007Marketing.com>
References:  <BCDFE802.1875A%Shane@007Marketing.com>

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On Sun, May 30, 2004 at 07:35:30PM +0930, Shane Ambler wrote:
> I am looking for some assistance in building an SMP kernel for an MSI dual
> PIII board, model is 694D Pro.
>=20
> I have built a new kernel (5.2.1) that boots, but doesn't appear to use b=
oth
> procs.
>=20
> Running top only shows one cpu line in the header - the entry for top
> switches between cpu0 and cpu1 (in the state column) so there is some
> recognition of the 2 procs just not spreading the load.

So your kernel is in fact using both CPUs.

> I am importing multiple times into mysql to check load - the best I can do
> is get 45% idle.

If your application is not multithreaded or is linked to libc_r then
it will only use one CPU at a time.

Kris

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