From ef916528e22e8ef74cda52353335858065e8bd95 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eitan Adler Date: Sun, 19 May 2013 00:56:24 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Restore the SMP question as it may still be useful Requested by: gavin, scottl --- en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+) diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml index d652c37f09..ea7f0a7ce8 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml @@ -1673,6 +1673,28 @@ + + + Does &os; support Symmetric Multiprocessing + (SMP)? + + + + Symmetric multi-processor (SMP) systems are generally + supported by &os;, although in some cases, BIOS or + motherboard bugs may generate some problems. + + &os; will take advantage of HyperThreading (HTT) + support on &intel; CPUs that support this feature. A kernel + with the options SMP option, enabled + by default, + will automatically detect the additional logical + processors. + + &man.smp.4; has more details. + + + What is microcode?