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From: Steve Passe <smp@csn.net>
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Subject: Re: 2.2.5 on a HP Netserver 
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Hi,

> I've installed freebsd 2.2.5 on a HP Netserver LS2
> (2 P100s). I recompiled the kernel with the options
> output by mptable. No errors on the recompile and
> no errors on reboot. But the 2nd CPU is not recognized
> (is by BIOS) and is not used. I looked at the machdep.c
> patch but can't make sense of it. Is this what I need to
> work on to get SMP working? Anyone using a similiar
> hardware setup and can offer any assistance?

2.2.5 is NOT smp capable.  you need to use 3.0 to get SMP functionality.

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