On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 2:41 AM, Andres Salazar <ndrsslz...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Hello community, > > I have two boxes: > > Quad Core Processor with 4GB RAM > Dual Xeon 3.0 Ghz with 2GB of RAM > > > I have heard contradicting information as far as I can use both the MP and > the REGULAR kernel (i386 or amd64) and that both would give me the same > performance.. > > Isnt it true that If i apply the regular kernel on these boxes I would be > wasting CPU power? Per top it would only show one CPU. > > Also.. is it better to use amd64 or i386.. or doesnt matter? > > Thank you. > > Andres > > Yes, you should use the SMP kernel on multicore CPUs aswell. I have usually just moved /bsd.mp onto /bsd and rebooted. Otherwise only one CPU and/or core will be used.
