From owner-freebsd-alpha Mon Feb 14 14:32:42 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mailext02.compaq.com (mailext02.compaq.com [207.18.199.33]) by builder.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27A765105 for ; Mon, 14 Feb 2000 14:29:55 -0800 (PST) Received: by mailext02.compaq.com (Postfix, from userid 12345) id 1E7E39A9C9; Mon, 14 Feb 2000 16:30:14 -0600 (CST) Received: from mailint02.im.hou.compaq.com (mailint02.compaq.com [207.18.199.35]) by mailext02.compaq.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 165D890D84; Mon, 14 Feb 2000 16:30:14 -0600 (CST) Received: by mailint02.im.hou.compaq.com (Postfix, from userid 12345) id B8B46BC4D2; Mon, 14 Feb 2000 16:30:06 -0600 (CST) Received: from exctay-gh02.tay.cpqcorp.net (exctay-gh02.tay.cpqcorp.net [16.103.129.52]) by mailint02.im.hou.compaq.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FB1CB2A47; Mon, 14 Feb 2000 16:30:06 -0600 (CST) Received: by exctay-gh02.tay.cpqcorp.net with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id <1JG90RLV>; Mon, 14 Feb 2000 17:30:11 -0500 Message-ID: <212CC57E84B8D111AD780000F84AA049083C2A2E@mroexc2.tay.dec.com> From: "Waite, Michael" To: 'Peter Jeremy' Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Support for AlphaServer 4100 Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 17:25:51 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org You can boot FreeBSD on an SMP capable system. You just need to set "cpu_enabled 1" at the SRM. By default it is set to "f" ----Mike -----Original Message----- From: Peter Jeremy [mailto:peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au] Sent: Monday, February 14, 2000 5:13 PM To: Waite, Michael Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Support for AlphaServer 4100 On 2000-Feb-15 08:28:14 +1100, "Waite, Michael" wrote: >Well for one, FreeBSD doesn't support SMP. I presume this means `FreeBSD won't boot on an SMP-capable box', rather than `FreeBSD can't see/use more than 1 CPU in an SMP box'. Peter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message