Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 11:44:44 +0200 From: "Marc Schneiders" <marc@oldserver.demon.nl> To: <dvwd@wwdg.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Cc: <freebsd-smp@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Multi processor support? Message-ID: <005401beba38$5ccfa6c0$0b00000a@adv.oldserver.demon.nl>
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dvwd@wwdg.com wrote: >From the (very) few items i can find on the freebsd web pages it looks like 3.2 supports MP. Does it do it >automagicly? No, you have to compile a kernel with SMP enabled. This is easy though. Info on the first page mentioned below. >How can I tell if it's working and using both cpu's in my system? > Dmesg will thell you when the second CPU is up in the air. Top shows you which CPU is doing what. (In 3.1 in any case, which I am still using.) >Also, is there any way to control what processes happen on >which cpu? I don't think so. See, however the first page given below, where all the information is. > >Are there any man/how to pages for setting up SMP? > http://www.freebsd.org/~fsmp/SMP/SMP.html has all the important info, including how to do it. http://www.sit.wisc.edu/~sakai/html/mycomputer.html page of a happy user with a benchmark comparison between one and two CPU kernels. Good luck! Marc Schneiders To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message
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