From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 6 05:10:41 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 06D79106564A for ; Mon, 6 Dec 2010 05:10:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from illoai@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f54.google.com (mail-fx0-f54.google.com [209.85.161.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55AD08FC12 for ; Mon, 6 Dec 2010 05:10:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm16 with SMTP id 16so9066144fxm.13 for ; Sun, 05 Dec 2010 21:10:39 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=9LHXUWiyqD+kzSGRZDz4T5ualgfZHc8JdGvrg4kiZf8=; b=K040BJiIHKWxF9HaChbWrJKYQpeX90bwp1giplZCGpH35/cuKPQod+7ZPGIqEbdZkJ VEsSs2tURL7bzrm6L6gW3JtttGFMd8pBezG9EsCXxXiWgAkrk++ii5cm4qVZ7wxaq4NS E9dL2INneZebYo19V6Fg+PLvnMT9edjdzbvOU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=pWZ5FfVBlf+u/CK1JwqjTrrZC2/6+AyLYvZSugRpcc6Rqv7hGhzjaqJByenCU1vcp6 0x7ImiCs2sisYhmv2UCwfYvZ7N7ITe5wV0fOT7mhS7rQys2fE5eo0MwCps30S9/bNxnW 9Eux0T6WWKMhqQmzZqJO+8NB+7mi9Jse342mk= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.112.71 with SMTP id v7mr5127381fap.60.1291610422594; Sun, 05 Dec 2010 20:40:22 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.223.78.205 with HTTP; Sun, 5 Dec 2010 20:40:22 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <3374415662-437629193@intranet.com.mx> References: <3374415662-437629193@intranet.com.mx> Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2010 23:40:22 -0500 Message-ID: From: "illoai@gmail.com" To: Jorge Biquez Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Need to compile kernel for 2 or more processors? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2010 05:10:41 -0000 On 5 December 2010 12:39, Jorge Biquez wrote: > Hello all. Hello. > > I hope this question does not sound so stupid. I am sorry in advance. > Well, that's life. > > =A0I guess that actually we do not have to change the kernel so all proce= ssors > can be seen? Am I right ? http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base/releng/7.3/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC?revisio= n=3D203736&view=3Dmarkup or http://tinyurl.com/28km4fc shows that --- # To make an SMP kernel, the next two lines are needed options SMP # Symmetric MultiProcessor Kernel device apic # I/O APIC --- is part of GENERIC on 7.3, ergo you needn't recompile to enjoy multiple processing joy in all(most of) its glory. HTH --=20 --