Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 10:26:56 +0530 From: "Amitabh Kant" <amitabhkant@gmail.com> To: "Ivailo Tanusheff" <i.tanusheff@procreditbank.bg> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: does hardware upgrade requires reconfiguration? Message-ID: <84b68b3d0810242156y2b73d3f0s54f6354927f8b06e@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <OFAB880736.D053E5B4-ONC22574EB.0022D394-C22574EB.00233BA6@procreditbank.bg> References: <84b68b3d0810222018j1d6b78b0s694190ddc5244995@mail.gmail.com> <OFAB880736.D053E5B4-ONC22574EB.0022D394-C22574EB.00233BA6@procreditbank.bg>
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Thanks. I am using amd64 port and a custom compiled kernel with ULE scheduler. As of now, the system is working fine without any changes after the upgrade. Amitabh On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 11:54 AM, Ivailo Tanusheff <i.tanusheff@procreditbank.bg> wrote: > > 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> > Sent by: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > 23.10.2008 06:52 > > To > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > cc > Subject > 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 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >
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