On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 09:54:59AM +0300, Jan-Erik Skata wrote: > 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. >
A minor note - the 4.6 install script now automatically moves /bsd to /bsd.sp, and /bsd.mp to /bsd when >1 CPU is reported during install. .... Ken
