From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 4 15:54:39 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C67016A4CE for ; Tue, 4 Nov 2003 15:54:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from tx0.oucs.ox.ac.uk (tx0.oucs.ox.ac.uk [129.67.1.163]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1983443FBD for ; Tue, 4 Nov 2003 15:54:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from colin.percival@wadham.ox.ac.uk) Received: from scan0.oucs.ox.ac.uk ([129.67.1.162] helo=localhost) by tx0.oucs.ox.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 1AHB0P-00008p-DY for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Tue, 04 Nov 2003 23:54:37 +0000 Received: from rx0.oucs.ox.ac.uk ([129.67.1.161]) by localhost (scan0.oucs.ox.ac.uk [129.67.1.162]) (amavisd-new, port 25) with ESMTP id 00343-04 for ; Tue, 4 Nov 2003 23:54:37 +0000 (GMT) Received: from gateway.wadham.ox.ac.uk ([163.1.161.253]) by rx0.oucs.ox.ac.uk with smtp (Exim 4.20) id 1AHB0P-00008m-0D for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Tue, 04 Nov 2003 23:54:37 +0000 Received: (qmail 11450 invoked by uid 0); 4 Nov 2003 23:54:37 -0000 Received: from colin.percival@wadham.ox.ac.uk by gateway by uid 71 with qmail-scanner-1.16 (sweep: 2.14/3.71. spamassassin: 2.53. Clear:. Processed in 2.096584 secs); 04 Nov 2003 23:54:37 -0000 X-Qmail-Scanner-Mail-From: colin.percival@wadham.ox.ac.uk via gateway X-Qmail-Scanner: 1.16 (Clear:. Processed in 2.096584 secs) Received: from dhcp1131.wadham.ox.ac.uk (HELO piii600.wadham.ox.ac.uk) (163.1.161.131) by gateway.wadham.ox.ac.uk with SMTP; 4 Nov 2003 23:54:34 -0000 Message-Id: <5.0.2.1.1.20031104234848.0317e2c0@popserver.sfu.ca> X-Sender: cperciva@popserver.sfu.ca X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.0.2 Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2003 23:54:21 +0000 To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org From: Colin Percival In-Reply-To: <200311042346.hA4Nkhcw005639@lurza.secnetix.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Subject: Re: How to detect SMP-capable machines? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2003 23:54:39 -0000 At 00:46 05/11/2003 +0100, Oliver Fromme wrote: >Now the question: What's the best way to determine an >SMP-capable system, i.e. a system which is able to run >an SMP kernel? Install 5.1-CURRENT (or at least boot a 5.1-CURRENT filesystem), which (I believe) now supports both UP and SMP in the GENERIC kernel, due to recent changes by jhb. Colin Percival