From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 22 14:29:14 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E53721065674 for ; Sat, 22 Mar 2008 14:29:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) Received: from weak.local (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CC618FC1A; Sat, 22 Mar 2008 14:29:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) Message-ID: <47E517BE.6070309@FreeBSD.org> Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 15:29:18 +0100 From: Kris Kennaway User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (Macintosh/20080213) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jim Stapleton References: <80f4f2b20803220658l3f4b06a2t484cf30148355ebe@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <80f4f2b20803220658l3f4b06a2t484cf30148355ebe@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd ports Subject: Re: Kernel Compile Options: _KPOSIX_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING, SMP X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 14:29:15 -0000 Jim Stapleton wrote: > Supposedly SMP is available by default in 7.0, but I didn't see the > 'options SMP' entry in the generic config. I take it that is > unnecessary for SMP support now? No, I think you are referring to the fact that sysinstall will install a kernel compiled with options SMP if run on an SMP-capable system. > _KPOSIX_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING: > This says it's for real time in the config. Chances are, i don't need > it, but I'd like to verify. Mostly I do standard desktop stuff: > KDE/gnome/xfce/ion depending on who's logged in, FireFox, kmail, > OpenOffice, WINE, and probably a VM once I get one working. I do some > coding (C/C++/Python, maybe some D soon), but nothing that would need > real time to my knowledge. A future rebuild of this machine will act > as a PVR as well. It's a standard API that some applications may need to use. There is no good reason not to include it. Kris