--- On Mon, 1/7/13, Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdl...@alogt.com> wrote:
> From: Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdl...@alogt.com> > Subject: Re: To SMP or not to SMP > To: "Barney Cordoba" <barney_cord...@yahoo.com> > Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org > Date: Monday, January 7, 2013, 10:56 PM > Hi, > > On Mon, 7 Jan 2013 18:25:58 -0800 (PST) > Barney Cordoba <barney_cord...@yahoo.com> > wrote: > > > I have a situation where I have to run 9.1 on an old > single core box. > > Does anyone have a handle on whether it's better to > build a non SMP > > kernel or to just use a standard SMP build with just > the one core? > > Thanks. > > I ran a single CPU version of FreeBSD until my last single > CPU got hit > by a lightning last April or May without any problems. > > I never saw a reason to include the overhead of SMP for this > kind of > machine and I also never ran into problems with this. Another "ass"umption based on logic rather than empirical evidence. I think I'll test it. BC _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
