Subject: Re: SMP doesn?t work the way i want.
To: None <martin@duskware.de>
From: Patrik Hansson <padde@beta.telenordia.se>
List: tech-smp
Date: 02/07/2003 09:26:26
Den 7 Feb 2003 skrev Martin Husemann:

> On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 08:45:43AM +0100, Patrik Hansson wrote:
>=20
> > Wy can't i see both in systat ?
>=20
> Because systat has not been updated for multiple CPU display yet.
> It should, I guess.
>=20
> > when i recompile a kernel only one cpu gets the load, and top
> > reports 50% idle. Is tha normal ?
>=20
> Yes. If the system only has one process (or more precise: thread) to run,=
 it
> can't realy use the second CPU. But for all makefiles in the NetBSD sourc=
e
> treee, you can add a "-j X" argument to make, i.e. "make -j 4", to make i=
t
> run multiple processes (compilers) at the same time.
>=20
> If you have enough memory, this works great.
>=20
> Martin


Thank you. Verry fast reply btw :=3D)

Another thing i have been wondering about is ACPI.=20
If i try to use ACPI instead of MPBIOS i get something like "can=B4t find t=
able:" twice.

My guess is that my mainboard doesn=B4t support acpi fully or simular. But =
anyhow..is there a way to fix this or is it hopeless ?