Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 13:17:21 -0500 From: Nikolas Britton <nikolas.britton@gmail.com> To: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: multicore Intel Message-ID: <ef10de9a05081611172f11d0c0@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4301f9b7.1c4.0@utvinternet.com> References: <4301f9b7.1c4.0@utvinternet.com>
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On 8/16/05, Charles Smyth <charlessmyth@utvinternet.com> wrote: > Hi, >=20 > Will FreeBSD still be functional with the new crop of Intel dual and mult= icore > processors, when they become more available and replace single core proce= ssors. >=20 >=20 I don't see why not as this should all be transparent to the operating system above it... This is why HyperThreading works, or doesn't depending on your perspective, and shows up as an SMP box. Read this article: http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/01/20/smpng.html
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