From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Dec 31 15: 1:18 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from shell.webmaster.com (mail.webmaster.com [209.133.28.73]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B79C61561E for ; Fri, 31 Dec 1999 15:01:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from davids@webmaster.com) Received: from whenever ([209.133.29.2]) by shell.webmaster.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-12345L500S10000V35) with SMTP id com; Fri, 31 Dec 1999 15:01:15 -0800 From: "David Schwartz" To: , Subject: RE: Temperature Findings Date: Fri, 31 Dec 1999 15:01:15 -0800 Message-ID: <000201bf53e2$f09d7af0$021d85d1@youwant.to> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2377.0 In-Reply-To: <386D1439.D9AC45BB@home.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > I wanted to know if you (FreeBSD) was aware that the SMP kernel runs > quite a bit hotter than normal and that the Linux SMP kernel > is cooler(Why?). Is this normal or a problem? The FreeBSD SMP kernel runs all CPUs at full bore all the time, it does not use HLT. Your machine needs to have adequate cooling to tolerate that. DS To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message