From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 25 04:56:57 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EBB181065679 for ; Sat, 25 Oct 2008 04:56:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amitabhkant@gmail.com) Received: from ti-out-0910.google.com (ti-out-0910.google.com [209.85.142.190]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 852088FC1A for ; Sat, 25 Oct 2008 04:56:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amitabhkant@gmail.com) Received: by ti-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id d27so690844tid.3 for ; Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:56:56 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=OP+lC2BV4ygL+Ix8BNfReY3uL3HiRdoS/ckoXseJ/7s=; b=kwyJq6Io6wK1JVj72La7s2tQ4QxENqzS1XUcW9rFFQ8NH8bbaWfL4asE/HZxXpLpsf HHb8G4aycA+JgrcCOLCcEtNf2Zzs/32eOOZecWZFPZOp5efb7dZLQaxS87WNy73xh3+1 oL8+FCjDWfJqaPmQmfKFVO/AIM9LSfwLBzq4o= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=EDTNuUncryHAwS+qhy+aS5eAzdQPIQnHcU/UK3mtRlogktpWyfKt10F7NJM95NA/kn NSO+2QaKPIWbDM57wJKcMKPyLmNc9Rtr8uMBR/Q6YKl+4C6WfOjGg0bHNbNoWSHY+eKr lIXl0r/2j/px1L+Xlq8ftzcGpSqlxiDGNVnUQ= Received: by 10.110.40.8 with SMTP id n8mr1789722tin.50.1224910616146; Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:56:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.110.69.7 with HTTP; Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:56:56 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <84b68b3d0810242156y2b73d3f0s54f6354927f8b06e@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 10:26:56 +0530 From: "Amitabh Kant" To: "Ivailo Tanusheff" In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <84b68b3d0810222018j1d6b78b0s694190ddc5244995@mail.gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: does hardware upgrade requires reconfiguration? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 04:56:58 -0000 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 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//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" > 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" > >