On 10/19/07, Bryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10/19/07, Colby W. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On 10/18/07, Bryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have a new Intel Core Duo, and I notice that many of the apps I use > > > seem to favor only one processor. If I built an app with gcc, can I > > > make compile an app so that it utilizes both processors, or am I out > > > of luck? > > > > > > > Which kernel are you using? SMP is, IIRC, not available with the > > default kernel (bsd), you'll need to use the bsd.mp kernel in order to > > utilize multiple processors/cores. > > > > Yes, I am using bsd.mp. But if I use a program like Audacity, I find > that it uses only one processor, while the other lies at nearly 100% > idle. > > I'd like to be able to compile, or set a switch, that allows me to > utilize the second processor in programs like mplayer, or audacity, > since these often require lots of CPU when decoding/encoding video > from DVD, or in the case of Audacity, creation and editing of large > sound files.
last time I checked OpenBSD still had the big kernel lock. You might want to try FreeBSD or DragonflyBSD which have had more work put into their multithreading. -Nick _______________________________________________ Openbsd-newbies mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.theapt.org/listinfo/openbsd-newbies
