Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 09:40:53 -0500 (EST) From: Michael Imamura <gte255n@prism.gatech.edu> To: Anthony Atkielski <anthony@atkielski.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Multi-processor Support Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.4.21.0111060925400.8804-100000@acmey.gatech.edu> In-Reply-To: <002101c166cb$14023dd0$0a00000a@atkielski.com>
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On Tue, 6 Nov 2001, Anthony Atkielski wrote:
> Ted writes:
>
> > SMP kernels won't boot on some uniprocessor
> > hardware. Not a lot of them but some.
>
> Hmm. What does NT do that FreeBSD doesn't? NT will boot on both uniprocessor
> and multiprocessor configurations.
NT uses two different HALs, a uniprocessor HAL and a multiprocessor
HAL. When you install NT, the setup utility detects what kind of system
you have and installs the appropriate version of the system files.
This would be similar to FreeBSD shipping two kernels, one with the
"SMP" line commented out in the config, and one with it left in.
- Michael Imamura mimamura@resnet.gatech.edu
LUG@GT Random Web Guy http://www.lugatgt.org/
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