Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 15:29:18 +0100 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: Jim Stapleton <stapleton.41@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Kernel Compile Options: _KPOSIX_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING, SMP Message-ID: <47E517BE.6070309@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <80f4f2b20803220658l3f4b06a2t484cf30148355ebe@mail.gmail.com> References: <80f4f2b20803220658l3f4b06a2t484cf30148355ebe@mail.gmail.com>
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Jim Stapleton wrote: > Supposedly SMP is available by default in 7.0, but I didn't see the > 'options SMP' entry in the generic config. I take it that is > unnecessary for SMP support now? No, I think you are referring to the fact that sysinstall will install a kernel compiled with options SMP if run on an SMP-capable system. > _KPOSIX_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING: > This says it's for real time in the config. Chances are, i don't need > it, but I'd like to verify. Mostly I do standard desktop stuff: > KDE/gnome/xfce/ion depending on who's logged in, FireFox, kmail, > OpenOffice, WINE, and probably a VM once I get one working. I do some > coding (C/C++/Python, maybe some D soon), but nothing that would need > real time to my knowledge. A future rebuild of this machine will act > as a PVR as well. It's a standard API that some applications may need to use. There is no good reason not to include it. Kris
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