multicore Intel

2005-08-16 Thread Charles Smyth
Hi, 

Will FreeBSD still be functional with the new crop of Intel dual and multicore
processors, when they become more available and replace single core processors.


Charles Smyth

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Re: multicore Intel

2005-08-16 Thread Nikolas Britton
On 8/16/05, Charles Smyth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Hi,
 
 Will FreeBSD still be functional with the new crop of Intel dual and multicore
 processors, when they become more available and replace single core 
 processors.
 
 

I don't see why not as this should all be transparent to the operating
system above it... This is why HyperThreading works, or doesn't
depending on your perspective, and shows up as an SMP box.

Read this article: http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/01/20/smpng.html
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