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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