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From: Jim Pirzyk <jim@pirzyk.org>
To: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>,
	Lars Eggert <larse@ISI.EDU>
Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/conf options.i386 src/sys/i386/conf NOTES          src/sys/i386/include atomic.h
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On Tuesday 15 October 2002 06:23 pm, Julian Elischer wrote:
> How many SMP vmware's have you seen?
>
> On Tue, 15 Oct 2002, Lars Eggert wrote:
> > Jim Pirzyk wrote:
> > > pirzyk      2002/10/14 12:33:12 PDT
> > >
> > >   Modified files:
> > >     sys/conf             options.i386
> > >     sys/i386/conf        NOTES
> > >     sys/i386/include     atomic.h
> > >   Log:
> > >   Add a knob to turn on and off the CMPXCHG instruction on > i386 I=
A32
> > > systems. This is most beneficial for vmware client os installs.
> >
> > Setting this option in an SMP kernel makes it die a horrible death
> > during boot.

Are you setting this on the host OS or the guest OS's kernel?  This is on=
ly
for the guest OS (ie running within vmware).  Checking the VmWare
web site, the make no mention of SMP Virtual Machines (they always
talk about processor, not processors).

- JimP

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