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Date:      Sat, 05 Feb 2000 20:46:12 -0500
From:      Julie <jar557@ix.netcom.com>
To:        scarter@pobox.com, questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: SMP
Message-ID:  <389CD264.86F5921C@ix.netcom.com>
References:  <389CC1DA.3A013C82@ix.netcom.com> <20000205183504.A34341@pobox.com>

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Thanks a lot for your help.  So you have no problem using ppp with FreeBSD,
using smp then?  That is where the problem originated in slackware.  Everything
ran fine, except for ppp.  For some reason the kernel didnt support ppp, and
smp at the same time.

~Julie

scarter@pobox.com wrote:

> Julie,
>
> I have a Tyan Tomcat IV w/ 2 x P233MMX (state of the art when I bought
> it).  I have never had a problem, never had a kernel fail to boot ...
>
> It's almost worth the extra $'s just for the cool 'top' output and some of
> the startup messages:
>
>   PID USERNAME PRI NICE  SIZE    RES STATE  C   TIME   WCPU    CPU COMMAND
> 34373 scarter   28   0  1568K   768K CPU0   0   0:00  0.19%  0.10% top
> 26880 scarter    2   0 53772K 47140K select 0  23:30  0.00%  0.00% netscape
> 19119 scarter    2   0  2428K  1560K select 0   1:46  0.00%  0.00% BitchX
>   167 root       2   0  1312K   632K select 1   0:14  0.00%  0.00% sendmail
>   121 root       2   0   824K   440K select 1   0:11  0.00%  0.00% syslogd
> 34340 scarter    2   0  2436K  1748K select 1   0:01  0.00%  0.00% xterm
>
> Note the 'C' column ... ;)
>
> -Steve
>
> Julie wrote:
> > Just wondering if anyone has had any problems using SMP with FreeBSD.
> > Getting ready to install it on a box with Dual Celeron 450's overclocked
> > at 550, with 512 megs of ram.  Had major issues getting slackware to
> > run, the solution there being to install it with smp, then recompile a
> > new kernel around the smp, that had ppp support.  Just curious if anyone
> > is having the same problems with FreeBSD.
> >
> > Any help is appreciated.
> >
> > ~Julie
> >
> >
> >
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