Baby Steps (0 comments)
Tuesday, 2004-12-14, 11:06 am
ckuehn@daemon:~ > dmesg | grep -i smp
FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 2 CPUs
SMP: AP CPU #1 Launched!
ckuehn@daemon:~ > uname -a
FreeBSD daemon 5.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE #0: Mon Dec 13 18:50:34 CST 2004 root@demon:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/GUIDE i386
What that means is that I've successfully compiled an SMP-capable kernel under FreeBSD.
What that means is that the computer I'm preparing to replace guide is now able to use all of its processing power. Before last night, it could only work half as hard as it was capable of working.
I found the zealous launch of the second CPU particularly entertaining.