Date: Fri, 3 Apr 1998 15:49:59 +0200 (MEST) From: Søren Schmidt <sos@FreeBSD.ORG> To: ircadmin@shellnet.co.uk (Steven Fletcher) Cc: yubyub@j51.com, freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is FreeBSD detecting both of my processors ? Message-ID: <199804031349.PAA14663@sos.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: <352ae0c8.73077213@mailhost.shellnet.co.uk> from Steven Fletcher at "Apr 3, 98 01:17:20 pm"
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In reply to Steven Fletcher who wrote:
> >You're right - it doesn't look like it's found your second CPU. From what
> >I know, the SMP kernel doesn't rely on having more than one processor. It
> >relies on running on an SMP motherboard, i.e. there must be an APIC (which
> >a "normal" uniprocessor board lacks). As long is there is an APIC, you
> >should be able to run SMP.
>
> This is the bit that confuses me. As NT has been installed on the
> machine before, it recognised both processors as seperate
> entities..... yet FreeBSD cant see 'em.
Without telling us precicely what hardware we are talking about, there
really is not much we can help with :)
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Søren Schmidt (sos@FreeBSD.org) FreeBSD Core Team
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