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Date:      Wed, 18 Jul 2007 18:52:30 +0200
From:      Marc Fonvieille <blackend@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Ernst de Haan <ernst@ernstdehaan.com>
Cc:        doc@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: 'device apic' required for SMP kernel?
Message-ID:  <20070718165230.GA26608@abigail.blackend.org>
In-Reply-To: <1356210A-31D0-4EC7-A7BB-CEA57B0C1C6B@ernstdehaan.com>
References:  <1356210A-31D0-4EC7-A7BB-CEA57B0C1C6B@ernstdehaan.com>

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On Wed, Jul 18, 2007 at 04:39:41PM +0200, Ernst de Haan wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 
> According to the Handbook, section 8.4:
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ 
> kernelconfig-config.html
> 
> the 'device apic' option is required for SMP-kernels.
> 
> However:
> 1. the GENERIC kernel config does not include this option;
> 2. nor does the SMP kernel config;
> 3. my system works with a kernel config based on GENERIC+SMP, without  
> this options, so it seems to be optional.
>

Which version of FreeBSD are you running?  cause this line is present on
both -STABLE and -CURRENT GENERIC configuration files.

-- 
Marc



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