Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 09:24:57 +0300 From: Ivailo Tanusheff <i.tanusheff@procreditbank.bg> To: "Amitabh Kant" <amitabhkant@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: does hardware upgrade requires reconfiguration? Message-ID: <OFAB880736.D053E5B4-ONC22574EB.0022D394-C22574EB.00233BA6@procreditbank.bg> In-Reply-To: <84b68b3d0810222018j1d6b78b0s694190ddc5244995@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi,
Well, the answer is both yes and no :)
If you have compiled a kernel, which supports multiple processors: options
SMP or you have copied most of /sys/<hardware>/conf/SMP the processor
will be discovered and used without any additional configurations.
If you currently use all 4GB RAM - PAE config or amd64 or simmilar branch
- the extra RAM will be used without any reconfiguration.
If any or both of the above are not true - you have to change the options
in the kernel configuration file and recompile the kernel.
Hope this will help you :)
Regards,
Ivailo Tanusheff
Deputy Head of IT Department
ProCredit Bank (Bulgaria) AD
"Amitabh Kant" <amitabhkant@gmail.com>
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does hardware upgrade requires reconfiguration?
Hi
I currently have a single processor/4gb ram machine with me which I am
thinking to upgrade to dual proc and 8gb ram. Does installing extra
processor requires re-configuration or re-installation of the os? The
extra processor will be mounted on the same motherboard.
With regards
Amitabh
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