From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 9 19:55:51 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from hotmail.com (f254.law11.hotmail.com [64.4.16.129]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3982637B405 for ; Tue, 9 Oct 2001 19:55:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Tue, 9 Oct 2001 19:55:49 -0700 Received: from 24.116.152.150 by lw11fd.law11.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Wed, 10 Oct 2001 02:55:48 GMT X-Originating-IP: [24.116.152.150] From: "Charles Burns" To: nmace85@yahoo.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dual processor support Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2001 19:55:48 -0700 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 10 Oct 2001 02:55:49.0056 (UTC) FILETIME=[10D57400:01C15137] Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >the only freebsd verion that currently supports dual processors on i386 >chips is -Current or 5.0..right? > >so if i put 4.4-stable on a dual processor box, and use a commerical app >that DOES support dual processors will it still take advantage of both >processors? i know the OS won't but i'm wondering about the app. FreeBSD 4.x supports multiple processors, 5.x is simply making the support better and more scalable. Charles Burns _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message