Date: Mon, 02 Sep 1996 12:00:37 +0200 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.tfs.com> To: rv@groa.uct.ac.za (Russell Vincent) Cc: smp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Testing SMP Message-ID: <3336.841658437@critter.tfs.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 02 Sep 1996 11:21:11 %2B0200." <m0uxVBv-0004wvC@groa.uct.ac.za>
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In message <m0uxVBv-0004wvC@groa.uct.ac.za>, Russell Vincent writes: >Is there a way to test whether a 2nd processor has actually started >or not from software running in multiuser mode? i.e: After the >machine has booted? Anyone written some code they willing to share? > >Steve Passe and I (Steve doing all the work) have been working on >getting FreeBSD's SMP working on the Intel Xtended Xpress and bootup >indications (with extensive debug code, thanks to Steve) are that the >the 2nd CPU is not running. However, the OS is running at a load >average of '2', based on 2 CPUidle processes, which is making me >suspicious. The load avg is no indication. you could examine the SMPcurproc array... >PS: Is the SMP CVS repository on Freefall going to be updated with > the latest kernel patches? The SMP kernel stops 'ps' from > working, presumably due to recent additions to src/sys > in -current. No I hope the smp changes are imported into -current soon... -- Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. http://www.freebsd.org/~phk | phk@login.dknet.dk Private mailbox. whois: [PHK] | phk@ref.tfs.com TRW Financial Systems, Inc. Future will arrive by its own means, progress not so.
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