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Date:      Thu, 9 Dec 2004 06:58:54 -0800
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Jorn Argelo <jorn@wcborstel.nl>
Cc:        Petersan Jean-Pierre <petersan_j@yahoo.com>
Subject:   Re: smp related
Message-ID:  <20041209145853.GB79746@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <20041209090556.M6404@wcborstel.nl>
References:  <20041209071047.88163.qmail@web20125.mail.yahoo.com> <20041209090556.M6404@wcborstel.nl>

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On Thu, Dec 09, 2004 at 10:08:59AM +0100, Jorn Argelo wrote:
> On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 23:10:47 -0800 (PST), Petersan Jean-Pierre wrote
> > I have this old dual processor motherboard which
> > comprise of two PIII - 1Ghz processor.  I just finish
> > installing FreeBSD 5.1 on there.  After I loged in, I
> > noticed the OS detected only one of the two
> > processors.
> >=20
> > I would like to know how I can get the system to
> > function as a multi-processor server.
> >
>=20
> Well, FreeBSD 5.1 is a relatively old release. You should try 5.3, or eve=
n=20
> better, 4.10. The latter has better support for SMP then 5.3 has.

Absolutely; and once you've updated, you can add support for SMP by
modifying your kernel configuration and recompiling the kernel.  See
the extensive documentation about this in the freebsd handbook.

Kris

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