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Date:      Fri, 19 Jul 1996 22:34:41 -0700
From:      erich@uruk.org
To:        Steve Passe <smp@csn.net>
Cc:        freebsd-smp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: SMP-compliant motherboards 
Message-ID:  <199607200534.WAA04578@uruk.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 19 Jul 1996 20:21:56 MDT." <199607200221.UAA19627@clem.systemsix.com> 

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Steve Passe <smp@csn.net> writes:

> First, thanx to everyone who has helped so far, I'm real close (I think).

...

> then the kernel builds cleanly.  I am testing this with a NON SMP board,
> so perhaps the following is expected???
> 
> It boots saying (something like):
> 
> FreeBSD/SMP: Uniprocessor kernel
> [ all the normal boot messages ]
> newmasks  bio c0000840, tty c003009a, net c00300b9
> 
> then wedges tight.
> 
> Questions:
> 
>   is the missing NCPU something I did, or a known bug?

This is known.

>   might this actually work if I had a real SMP motherboard?

It should.  Right now, the FreeBSD-SMP kernel won't work with a lot
of single-CPU motherboards.

--
  Erich Stefan Boleyn                 \_ E-mail (preferred):  <erich@uruk.org>
Mad Genius wanna-be, CyberMuffin        \__      (finger me for other stats)
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  This is my home system, so I'm speaking only for myself, not for Intel.



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