multicore Intel

[Nikolas Britton]

On 8/16/05, Charles Smyth <charlessmyth at utvinternet.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Will FreeBSD still be functional with the new crop of Intel dual and multicore
> processors, when they become more available and replace single core processors.
> 
> 

I don't see why not as this should all be transparent to the operating
system above it... This is why HyperThreading works, or doesn't
depending on your perspective, and shows up as an SMP box.

Read this article: http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/01/20/smpng.html