From owner-freebsd-smp Tue Jul 27 3:56:43 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org Received: from overcee.netplex.com.au (overcee.netplex.com.au [202.12.86.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC42D14D11 for ; Tue, 27 Jul 1999 03:56:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from peter@netplex.com.au) Received: from netplex.com.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by overcee.netplex.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id C228D1C9E; Tue, 27 Jul 1999 18:56:33 +0800 (WST) (envelope-from peter@netplex.com.au) X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Nate Williams Cc: Tom Embt , freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SMP kernel on dual board with single proc? In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 26 Jul 1999 12:57:08 CST." <199907261857.MAA20179@mt.sri.com> Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 18:56:33 +0800 From: Peter Wemm Message-Id: <19990727105633.C228D1C9E@overcee.netplex.com.au> Sender: owner-freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Nate Williams wrote: > > Is it possible to build & run an SMP kernel on a DP board with only one CPU > > installed? I know this is kind of a silly thing to do but I was just > > wondering if it is possible. > > Works fine. As a matter of fact, I'm sitting in front of one right > now. The second CPU has been sitting next to me for about 5 months, but > I never get time to install it, and besides most of my development is > done on 2.2.8 which doesn't support SMP.. Yes, but that's not what he asked. He wanted to know if a SMP kernel worked on a SMP motherboard with one CPU, not if a UP kernel works on a 1 cpu SMP motherboard. I have never tried it, I don't know. (and can't easily get to a machine to find out since they are at the bottom of a stack) > Nate Cheers, -Peter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message