FreeBSD Scaling on 6.2-RELEASE?

[Petri Helenius]

Francisco Reyes wrote:
> Petri Helenius writes:
>
>> The point in threading is that different threads can execute 
>> simultaneously on multiple CPU's.
>
> What combination of FreeBSD+Mysql will have multiple threads run by 
> different CPUs?
>
> In the few SMP FreeBSD + Mysql setups (mysql 4.X) that I have at work 
> I only see mysql in one cpu as reported by top.
>
Since 5.3 and later that should work by default if you install mysql 
from the ports.

Pete