From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 13 18:42:39 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D5E9C16A406 for ; Tue, 13 Feb 2007 18:42:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nomadlogic@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.175]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74B3913C4A5 for ; Tue, 13 Feb 2007 18:42:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nomadlogic@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 71so267693ugh for ; Tue, 13 Feb 2007 10:42:37 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=qH6J7FOK4D3Bqng1nJ6jXTxOTLZvnJZ6bkcJSI6hfrzz9r8OKR2e3S+REZ+ovtSVMoIOi9N4LtaQpSPxtT/afrvTMgrM+y4Bje0I1ZxdmWk6tnYWOP89yoo2SrqSYl3phbw3nQTp13m4D3yz52Hee0NFJHr27osOAswkW7vdxMA= Received: by 10.78.179.12 with SMTP id b12mr109217huf.1171392143666; Tue, 13 Feb 2007 10:42:23 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.78.195.14 with HTTP; Tue, 13 Feb 2007 10:42:23 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <57d710000702131042w5f981cf4u70e0be62797be168@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 10:42:23 -0800 From: "pete wright" To: Brian In-Reply-To: <45D2004C.8060806@sonicboom.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20070212173519.78775.qmail@web53402.mail.yahoo.com> <499c70c0702122348r3f6c78c7v9843678ea163ee34@mail.gmail.com> <45D2004C.8060806@sonicboom.org> Cc: "Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Newbie--new install on Core 2 Duo? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 18:42:39 -0000 On 2/13/07, Brian wrote: > This question come sup so often, I believe FreeBSD should do this by > default, install the proper kernel unless something different is > selected by the user. how would you define "correct"? have all systems boot with a SMP kernel by default so that machines with multiple processors automatically detect all available CPU's? then what about all the users that are using uni-proc systems? i think the current state of building a system w/o SMP enabled is great. it's not that hard to do a: cd /usr/src make buildkernel KERNCONF=SMP make installkernel KERNCONF=SMP reboot this is all covered in the FreeBSD handbook, which all new admin's/users should be reading and following closely anyway ;) -pete > > they will detect your cpus and will > > install the right kernel to use both cpus > > Brian > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- ~~o0OO0o~~ Pete Wright www.nycbug.org NYC's *BSD User Group