Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 18:28:14 +0200 From: "Joel Dahl" <joel@automatvapen.se> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/71533: [PATCH] FAQ update: SMP is enabled by default since 5.2. Message-ID: <20040909162809.033EC37E45@smtp4-1-sn2.hy.skanova.net> Resent-Message-ID: <200409091630.i89GUIFp003309@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 71533
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: [PATCH] FAQ update: SMP is enabled by default since 5.2.
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Thu Sep 09 16:30:18 GMT 2004
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Joel Dahl
>Release: FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE-p9 i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD dude.automatvapen.se 5.2.1-RELEASE-p9 FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE-p9 #1: Sat Jul 10 16:52:28 CEST 2004 root@dude.automatvapen.se:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/WORKSTATION i386
>Description:
SMP is enabled by default in FreeBSD since 5.2. This patch corrects the FAQ.
>How-To-Repeat:
n/a
>Fix:
--- faqsmp.diff begins here ---
--- book.sgml Sun Sep 5 16:26:40 2004
+++ new.book.sgml Wed Sep 8 22:30:43 2004
@@ -2265,11 +2265,13 @@
</question>
<answer>
- <para>Yes. SMP is not enabled in the
- <emphasis>GENERIC</emphasis> kernel, so you must recompile
- your kernel to enable SMP. Take a look at
- <filename>/sys/i386/conf/LINT</filename> to learn what
- options to put in your kernel config file.</para>
+ <para>Yes. SMP is enabled by default in the
+ <emphasis>GENERIC</emphasis> kernel since &os; 5.2.</para>
+
+ <para>In &os; 4.X, SMP is not enabled in the default
+ kernel, so you must recompile your kernel to enable SMP. Take
+ a look at <filename>/sys/i386/conf/LINT</filename> to learn
+ what options to put in your kernel config file.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
--- faqsmp.diff ends here ---
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