From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 18 19:22:17 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: doc@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36DD016A402; Wed, 18 Jul 2007 19:22:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from speedfactory.net (mail6.speedfactory.net [66.23.216.219]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D222813C4A8; Wed, 18 Jul 2007 19:22:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from server.baldwin.cx (unverified [66.23.211.162]) by speedfactory.net (SurgeMail 3.7b8) with ESMTP id 197456588 for multiple; Wed, 18 Jul 2007 14:51:58 -0400 Received: from localhost.corp.yahoo.com (john@localhost [127.0.0.1]) (authenticated bits=0) by server.baldwin.cx (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l6IIhWlN055194; Wed, 18 Jul 2007 14:43:33 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) From: John Baldwin To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 14:34:43 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.6 References: <1356210A-31D0-4EC7-A7BB-CEA57B0C1C6B@ernstdehaan.com> In-Reply-To: <1356210A-31D0-4EC7-A7BB-CEA57B0C1C6B@ernstdehaan.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200707181434.44015.jhb@freebsd.org> X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH authentication, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.2 (server.baldwin.cx [127.0.0.1]); Wed, 18 Jul 2007 14:43:33 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.88.3/3696/Wed Jul 18 08:56:36 2007 on server.baldwin.cx X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=4.2 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on server.baldwin.cx X-Server: High Performance Mail Server - http://surgemail.com r=1653887525 Cc: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 'device apic' required for SMP kernel? X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 19:22:17 -0000 On Wednesday 18 July 2007 10:39:41 am 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. > > My suggestion is to clarify the text in the Handbook. It is for i386 only, however, this page is largely tailored to i386 and needs several things fixed to become less i386-centric. -- John Baldwin