Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 12:53:01 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: Pietro Cerutti <pietro.cerutti@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: SMP terminology Message-ID: <20070223115301.GA82645@owl.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <e572718c0702230301i5990f62aodb277d930c6a8880@mail.gmail.com> References: <e572718c0702230301i5990f62aodb277d930c6a8880@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 12:01:42PM +0100, Pietro Cerutti wrote: > Hi list, > just a quick question, for the sake of knowledge: > > >dmesg | grep "^ cpu" > cpu0 (BSP): APIC ID: 0 > cpu1 (AP): APIC ID: 1 > > Does anyone know what BSP and AP mean? I search google and wikipedia > but I can't find anything useful, let alone "The Bulk Synchronous > Parallel computer is a model for designing parallel algorithms." this > one, which I don't think is related. > A quick search with Google reveals that BSP = BootStrap Processor AP = Application Processor -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se
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