Re: FreeBSD 5.4 SMP kernels now available via FreeBSD Update
Mipam wrote: > Thanks for the kernel. > What parameters did you change in your SMP kernel. > Just curious, surely gonna try your kernel. :-) I didn't change any parameters, I just used the SMP kernel configuration from the source tree (i.e., GENERIC plus "options SMP"). Colin Percival ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: FreeBSD 5.4 SMP kernels now available via FreeBSD Update
Thanks for the kernel. What parameters did you change in your SMP kernel. Just curious, surely gonna try your kernel. :-) Thanks, Mipam. On Wed, 15 Jun 2005, Colin Percival wrote: > It sounds like the SMP kernel I provided for FreeBSD 5.3 was quite > popular, so I've started building an SMP kernel for FreeBSD 5.4 as > well, in addition to the usual GENERIC kernel. To take advantage > of this on your FreeBSD 5.4 SMP system, run the following commands > as root: > > # touch /boot/kernel/SMP > # freebsd-update fetch > # freebsd-update install > # echo 'bootfile="SMP"' >> /boot/loader.conf > > and reboot. You should now find that `uname -ri` outputs "5.4-SECURITY SMP". > > Colin Percival > > ___ > freebsd-security@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-security > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: FreeBSD 5.4 SMP kernels now available via FreeBSD Update
Billy Newsom wrote: > Colin Percival wrote: >> It sounds like the SMP kernel I provided for FreeBSD 5.3 was quite >> popular [...] > > I'm curious how popular. Would you like to report some statistics here > on the list? As in, how many SMP downloads did you get, say, in > comparison to the GENERIC? Ok, I've gone through my log files, and it looks like the number of systems downloading SMP kernels is around 4% - 6% of the number of systems downloading GENERIC kernels. That said, I don't think this should be used as a measure of how popular SMP is on FreeBSD systems overall, since people with high-end SMP systems are more likely than average to build their own kernels rather than using those which I distribute and the availability of SMP kernels via FreeBSD Update wasn't very widely advertised. It is probably safe to conclude that _at least_ 5% of FreeBSD systems have more than one processor, but I suspect that the actual value is considerably higher than that. Colin Percival ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: FreeBSD 5.4 SMP kernels now available via FreeBSD Update
Colin Percival wrote: > It sounds like the SMP kernel I provided for FreeBSD 5.3 was quite > popular, so I've started building an SMP kernel for FreeBSD 5.4 as > well, in addition to the usual GENERIC kernel. To take advantage I'm curious how popular. Would you like to report some statistics here on the list? As in, how many SMP downloads did you get, say, in comparison to the GENERIC? I wonder just how popular SMP has become. I ran dual Pentium 120s on a 430HX motherboard once a long time ago. And I know SMP goes farther back to at least the Pentium 60. Back then, it was pretty unusual, but I wonder what it's like now. Thanks. BTW, nice idea you've got. I tried to use it back before you offered SMP kernels and was disappointed. ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
FreeBSD 5.4 SMP kernels now available via FreeBSD Update
It sounds like the SMP kernel I provided for FreeBSD 5.3 was quite popular, so I've started building an SMP kernel for FreeBSD 5.4 as well, in addition to the usual GENERIC kernel. To take advantage of this on your FreeBSD 5.4 SMP system, run the following commands as root: # touch /boot/kernel/SMP # freebsd-update fetch # freebsd-update install # echo 'bootfile="SMP"' >> /boot/loader.conf and reboot. You should now find that `uname -ri` outputs "5.4-SECURITY SMP". Colin Percival ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
