Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 13:09:54 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: David Hawkins <dhawk@river.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2.1.7 support dual processors? 'make world' question, too Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.95.970324130638.4640A-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199703241730.JAA23396@ohio.river.org>
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On Mon, 24 Mar 1997, David Hawkins wrote: > 1. Looked through the hardware list and didn't see any mention of > dual processors (I don't think I saw them, but I'm not a hardware > guy.) This system has dual 133 MHz's on 2.1.0 and as far as I know > it only uses one of the processors. When I upgrade on Friday to 2.1.7 > is there anything I can do to take advantage of the other processor? If you wnt to go multiprocessor, you'll have to upgrade to 3.0-CURRENT and add the SMP patches. See http://www.freebsd.org/~fsmp/SMP/. > 2. Any idea how long "make world" will take with a 133 Mhz and 64 MB of > RAM? (4GB SCSI disk). Is there any part of the compile I can do in > advance to speed up the process? I want to cut down on the time I > have the users locked out. Not too long. It'll go even faster if you mount asynch. Ask in -hackers or check tghe mail archives for times. > 3. Also, I 'supped' the stuff over on February 22 -- has anything > changed since then? Should I 're-sup' the night before the upgrade? What version did you sup? Hint -- you should probably migrate to cvsup, it's a heck of a lot faster than sup. :) Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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