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| author | rwatson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-12-07 01:50:06 +0000 |
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| committer | rwatson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-12-07 01:50:06 +0000 |
| commit | 4af7578bb83cb753b88567e1d0866203e4583db5 (patch) | |
| tree | ae9367a08918051c594e503cb5e7c3d24e6a2a48 /share/man/man4/smp.4 | |
| parent | 6186440500a190d7c2980d7394bbb01f8d00ecf0 (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-4af7578bb83cb753b88567e1d0866203e4583db5.zip FreeBSD-src-4af7578bb83cb753b88567e1d0866203e4583db5.tar.gz | |
Provide enhanced information on configuring SMP support in a kernel.
Approved by: re
Diffstat (limited to 'share/man/man4/smp.4')
| -rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/smp.4 | 13 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/smp.4 b/share/man/man4/smp.4 index 7620235..a916414 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/smp.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/smp.4 @@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ .Nm SMP .Nd description of the FreeBSD Symmetric MultiProcessor kernel .Sh SYNOPSIS -.Nm +.Cd options SMP +.Cd options APIC_IO .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm @@ -39,12 +40,20 @@ kernel implements symmetric multiprocessor support. Support for multi-processor systems is present for all supported architectures on FreeBSD. Currently, this includes alpha, i386, ia64, and sparc64. +Support is enabled using +.Cd options SMP . +On some, but not all platforms, it is permissible to use the SMP +kernel configuration on non-SMP equipped motherboards. .Pp For i386 systems, the .Nm kernel supports motherboards that follow the Intel MP specification, version 1.4. -On i386 systems, the +In addition to +.Cd options SMP , +i386 also requires +.Cd options APIC_IO . +The .Xr mptable 1 command may be used to view the status of multi-processor support. .Sh SEE ALSO |
