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Date:      Tue, 8 May 2007 17:05:46 -0400
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
To:        freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org
Cc:        Lewis Joshua <joshua.lewis@familyfunzone.net>
Subject:   Re: Intel Quad Zeon E5335 64bit processor?
Message-ID:  <200705081705.46400.jhb@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <30572E05-B8C0-425E-8F67-1AFFE05CF10A@familyfunzone.net>
References:  <30572E05-B8C0-425E-8F67-1AFFE05CF10A@familyfunzone.net>

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On Tuesday 08 May 2007 01:00:34 pm Lewis Joshua wrote:
> I wanted to run FreeBSD on a Dell PowerEdge 2900. It is running a  
> quad Zeon.
> 
> Bellow is a clip from dmesg and I wanted to make sure I installed the  
> correct FreeBSD version to support this system. I downloaded the  
> AMD64 architecture version of FreeBSD. Did I choose the correct ISO  
> to install on this server?
> 
> If so is there a central location or a good place to start reading  
> about 64 bit processors so I can run this efficiently?
> 
> Also why does the first CPU show up as BSP and the rest show AP. What  
> does BSP and AP mean?

BSP == "Boot System Processor", aka the CPU that actually booted the system
AP == "Application Processor", i.e. all the other CPUs

-- 
John Baldwin



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