Add more information about the "SMP kernels for install" entry.

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Joel Dahl 2006-02-26 21:13:38 +00:00
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the user needing to know arcane loader/sysctl knobs. SMP laptops are
here, and we should be ready to support SMP out-of-the-box. This needs
to be resolved as soon as possible.</p>
<p>&a.sam; has <a
href="http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/cvs-src/2006-February/060180.html">committed</a>
some <a
href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/tools/tools/ncpus/">test
code</a> for identifying the number of CPU's on a machine. The plan is to
use this code to choose an SMP or UP kernel during installation.</p>
<p><strong>Requirements</strong>:</p>
<ul>
<li>Good knowledge of C.</li>