On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 09:58:08AM -0400, Jim Stapleton wrote: > Supposedly SMP is available by default in 7.0, but I didn't see the > 'options SMP' entry in the generic config. I take it that is > unnecessary for SMP support now?
Incorrect on both accounts. You do need the option to get SMP. This is the i386/conf/GENERIC as of the release of RELENG_7: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~/src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC?rev=1.474.2.2;content-type=text%2Fplain And amd64/conf/GENERIC has it as well: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~/src/sys/amd64/conf/GENERIC?rev=1.484.2.2;content-type=text%2Fplain > _KPOSIX_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING: > This says it's for real time in the config. Chances are, i don't need > it, but I'd like to verify. Mostly I do standard desktop stuff: > KDE/gnome/xfce/ion depending on who's logged in, FireFox, kmail, > OpenOffice, WINE, and probably a VM once I get one working. I do some > coding (C/C++/Python, maybe some D soon), but nothing that would need > real time to my knowledge. A future rebuild of this machine will act > as a PVR as well. Leave the option enabled. It encapsulates commonly-used extensions added by Berkeley. -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB | _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
