Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 12:07:32 -0500 (EST) From: <up@3.am> To: "Brian K . Walters" <bkwalters@lucent.com> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SMP Machines Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10002111205520.29036-100000@richard2.pil.net> In-Reply-To: <20000211124834.B2690@kagan.quedawg.com>
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On Fri, 11 Feb 2000, Brian K . Walters wrote: > I'm new to freebsd and I am looking to replace Linux with freebsd > on my Dell workstation that I have at home. How is the performance > of freebsd on SMP machines. I looked around but did not see any > reference to freebsd on SMP machines like they have kernels > specifically tailored for SMP in Linux. > > Does freebsd have that capability? Sure, just uncomment the appropriate lines in your kernel config file, recompile and install the kernel: # To make an SMP kernel, the next two are needed # options SMP # Symmetric MultiProcessor Kernel # options APIC_IO # Symmetric (APIC) I/O # Optionally these may need tweaked, (defaults shown): #options NCPU=2 # number of CPUs #options NBUS=4 # number of busses #options NAPIC=1 # number of IO APICs #options NINTR=24 # number of INTs James Smallacombe PlantageNet, Inc. CEO and Janitor up@3.am http://3.am ========================================================================= To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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