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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--ZfOjI3PrQbgiZnxM Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 --ZfOjI3PrQbgiZnxM Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBuGgtWry0BWjoQKURAs2RAJ9kCpyZgoJpeuQGgPMx+YAIX1k0DgCgyfau rCpZxvJyBVw70rZL2DitlaQ= =9A1H -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ZfOjI3PrQbgiZnxM--
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