Multi CPU support in 6.0

[Kris Kennaway]

On Tue, Nov 08, 2005 at 06:59:16PM +0100, David Landgren wrote:
> And Kris Kennaway did write:
> 
> >On Tue, Nov 08, 2005 at 06:47:47PM +0100, David Landgren wrote:
> 
> [...]
> 
> >>Are there any obvious additions or subtractions from a 5.x kernel 
> >>configuration file? Is ADAPTIVE_GIANT now obsolete?
> >
> >
> >I think you still want it - it was a net win the last time I measured
> >it.  That's it though, really.
> 
> Thanks for the quick response. So, I'll leave that in.
> 
> I've diffed GENERIC and my current config, and I see two new items to add:
> 
>   options        PREEMPTIONpreemption

PREEMPTION, not PREEMPTIONpreemption :)

>   options        COMPAT_FREEBSD5
> 
> Once I've rebuilt all ports, I could remove COMPAT_FREEBSD5 on a second 
> rebuild, right?

In principle, yes, unless you're using some ports (or third
party binaries) that install 5.x binaries.

> I assume pf and ALTQ traffic shaping remain the same? That's about the 
> only other difference to my kernel.

I don't use pf myself, but there should be no reason for it not to work.

Kris
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