Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 06:12:00 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: "Amitabh Kant" <amitabhkant@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: does hardware upgrade requires reconfiguration? Message-ID: <20081023061200.f6c9a7d7.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <84b68b3d0810222018j1d6b78b0s694190ddc5244995@mail.gmail.com> References: <84b68b3d0810222018j1d6b78b0s694190ddc5244995@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 08:48:37 +0530, "Amitabh Kant" <amitabhkant@gmail.com> wrote: > Does installing extra > processor requires re-configuration or re-installation of the os? The > extra processor will be mounted on the same motherboard. In most cases, no, because the GENERIC kernel is ready for multiprocessor use. You should see changes in dmesg oztput as soon as you changed the hardware, and the OS should be able to utilize the new processor, as well as the upgraded RAM. If you're using a custom kernel without SMP support, it may (!) be a problem, but I'm not sure about this. Finally, it's hard not to say: "Man, this is FreeBSD, and not 'Windows'!" :-) -- Polytropon >From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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