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 --- >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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