From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 29 9:52:44 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from nelly.internal.irrelevant.org (irrelevant.demon.co.uk [158.152.220.121]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2942537B400 for ; Tue, 29 Jan 2002 09:52:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from simond by nelly.internal.irrelevant.org with local (Exim 3.34 #1) id 16VcQi-00027P-00; Tue, 29 Jan 2002 17:52:24 +0000 Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 17:52:24 +0000 From: Simon Dick To: "Alvaro Rosales R." Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to add a second processor? Message-ID: <20020129175224.GB6574@irrelevant.org> References: <3C569479.25152.5182201@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3C569479.25152.5182201@localhost> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.26i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Jan 29, 2002 at 12:24:25PM -0500, Alvaro Rosales R. wrote: > Hi folks! I have just added a second processor to my system but I > dont know how to set it up in FreeBSD, Can you help me with this > please?. > thanks in advance. If you read GENERIC you find the following lines: # To make an SMP kernel, the next two are needed #options SMP # Symmetric MultiProcessor Kernel #options APIC_IO # Symmetric (APIC) I/O just uncomment the two options, recompile your kernel and you have a SMP capable kernel. The second cpu should automatically be detected on boot. -- Simon Dick simond@irrelevant.org "Why do I get this urge to go bowling everytime I see Tux?" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message