Some SMP questions

[Jerry Bell]

The default kernel doesn't support SMP.  You have to recompile with the 
SMP config and it'll start getting your other processor.

Regards,

Jerry
http://www.bsdsec.com

Paul Schmehl wrote:
> When you do a "default" install of 6.0-RELEASE, does the kernel have 
> support for SMP?  Or do you have to compile a custom kernel to get that?
>
> Does this mean SMP is not enabled?
>
> kern.smp.cpus: 1
> kern.smp.disabled: 0
> kern.smp.active: 0
> kern.smp.maxcpus: 1
>
> Can I set these with sysctl?  Or do I need to recompile the kernel?  
> (I'm assuming I need this:
> kern.smp.cpus: 2
> kern.smp.disabled: 0
> kern.smp.active: 1
> kern.smp.maxcpus: 2
>
> Paul Schmehl (pauls at utdallas.edu)
> Adjunct Information Security Officer
> University of Texas at Dallas
> AVIEN Founding Member
> http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/
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