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Date:      Fri, 03 Apr 1998 13:17:20 GMT
From:      ircadmin@shellnet.co.uk (Steven Fletcher)
To:        Yubyub Bird <yubyub@j51.com>
Cc:        freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Is FreeBSD detecting both of my processors ?
Message-ID:  <352ae0c8.73077213@mailhost.shellnet.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.WNT.3.96.980403075513.276B-100000@tcpc54.tcam.com>
References:  <Pine.WNT.3.96.980403075513.276B-100000@tcpc54.tcam.com>

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>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.
>
>Past that I can't help too much.
>
>-yubyub@j51.com
>"I had to laugh like hell." - Vonnegut
>

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.

-Steven Fletcher (steven@shellnet.co.uk)

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