Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 19:23:53 -0500 From: Jerry Bell <jbell@stelesys.com> To: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Some SMP questions Message-ID: <43FE5219.9020400@stelesys.com> In-Reply-To: <AEE22EF32C8A4AFF4FBCBFFA@utd59514.utdallas.edu> References: <AEE22EF32C8A4AFF4FBCBFFA@utd59514.utdallas.edu>
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The default kernel doesn't support SMP. You have to recompile with the SMP config and it'll start getting your other processor. Regards, Jerry http://www.bsdsec.com Paul Schmehl wrote: > When you do a "default" install of 6.0-RELEASE, does the kernel have > support for SMP? Or do you have to compile a custom kernel to get that? > > Does this mean SMP is not enabled? > > kern.smp.cpus: 1 > kern.smp.disabled: 0 > kern.smp.active: 0 > kern.smp.maxcpus: 1 > > Can I set these with sysctl? Or do I need to recompile the kernel? > (I'm assuming I need this: > kern.smp.cpus: 2 > kern.smp.disabled: 0 > kern.smp.active: 1 > kern.smp.maxcpus: 2 > > Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) > Adjunct Information Security Officer > University of Texas at Dallas > AVIEN Founding Member > http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/ > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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