Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 23:14:55 +0100 (BST) From: Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org> To: Rob <spamrefuse@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 5.3 & SMP How do I know my 2 CPUs are used? Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1041028231250.85611T-100000@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <4180EA86.6030001@yahoo.com>
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On Thu, 28 Oct 2004, Rob wrote: > I have tried to create a kernel for my dual CPU motherboard: > Intel Pentium III (801.82-MHz 686-class CPU) My person favorite way is to view the kern.smp sysctl hierarchy: My notebook: paprika:~> sysctl kern.smp kern.smp.maxcpus: 1 kern.smp.active: 0 kern.smp.disabled: 0 kern.smp.cpus: 1 An SMP box: hippy# sysctl kern.smp kern.smp.maxcpus: 16 kern.smp.active: 1 kern.smp.disabled: 0 kern.smp.cpus: 4 kern.smp.forward_signal_enabled: 1 kern.smp.forward_roundrobin_enabled: 1 As pointed out, there are a number of other tell-tale signs, such as the processor launch messages, additional CPUs listed in top, and so on. Robert N M Watson FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Projects robert@fledge.watson.org Principal Research Scientist, McAfee Research
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