From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 7 08:49:20 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D746916A401 for ; Mon, 7 May 2007 08:49:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62C8E13C465 for ; Mon, 7 May 2007 08:49:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1HkyuA-0003ce-8H for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 07 May 2007 10:49:14 +0200 Received: from lara.cc.fer.hr ([161.53.72.113]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 07 May 2007 10:49:14 +0200 Received: from ivoras by lara.cc.fer.hr with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 07 May 2007 10:49:14 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Ivan Voras Date: Mon, 07 May 2007 10:49:04 +0200 Lines: 66 Message-ID: References: <200705060149.l461n9xK001391@dc.cis.okstate.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig3DCE71EA6322006A0E5792C4" X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: lara.cc.fer.hr User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (X11/20060911) In-Reply-To: <200705060149.l461n9xK001391@dc.cis.okstate.edu> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.2.0 Sender: news Subject: Re: FreeBSD with Duel Processors X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 May 2007 08:49:20 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig3DCE71EA6322006A0E5792C4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Martin McCormick wrote: > Is there anything special I need to do to make FreeBSD6.2 make > use of both CPU's on a Dell 2650 mother board? >=20 > The boot messages indicate that the OS knows about the 2 > CPU's. Is this correct? >=20 > I heard some rumors that one has to give some sort of > kernel directive but I haven't found anything yet. This system > will be a secondary DHCP server. Many thanks If FreeBSD 6.2 was installed after the dual-core CPU was there, it would = have automatically installed the SMP kernel, so you don't need to create = a custom kernel. The easiest way you can check if the support is there by looking at the=20 output of `top`: if there's a column named "C" and it shows "0" and "1", = everything's ok ("0" and "1" are the CPUs on which a process is executing= ). > ACPI APIC Table: > Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0 > CPU: Intel(R) XEON(TM) CPU 1.80GHz (1794.19-MHz 686-class CPU) > Origin =3D "GenuineIntel" Id =3D 0xf24 Stepping =3D 4 > Features=3D0x3febfbff > Logical CPUs per core: 2 > real memory =3D 1073676288 (1023 MB) > avail memory =3D 1041784832 (993 MB) >=20 > Martin McCormick WB5AGZ Stillwater, OK=20 > Systems Engineer > OSU Information Technology Department Network Operations Group > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd= =2Eorg" >=20 --------------enig3DCE71EA6322006A0E5792C4 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGPugAldnAQVacBcgRAtJcAKDLikHXHF44Jy3kPteQB8Q9FPqlxQCeLEQb iS+sH7j2Q+iR52JfBUSzRi8= =pwIK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig3DCE71EA6322006A0E5792C4--