freebsd security - Jun 2005 - FreeBSD 5.4 SMP kernels now available via FreeBSD Update

It sounds like the SMP kernel I provided for FreeBSD 5.3 was quite
popular, so I've started building an SMP kernel for FreeBSD 5.4 as
well, in addition to the usual GENERIC kernel.  To take advantage
of this on your FreeBSD 5.4 SMP system, run the following commands
as root:

# touch /boot/kernel/SMP
# freebsd-update fetch
# freebsd-update install
# echo 'bootfile="SMP"' >> /boot/loader.conf

and reboot.  You should now find that `uname -ri` outputs "5.4-SECURITY
SMP".

Colin Percival

Colin Percival wrote:

 > It sounds like the SMP kernel I provided for FreeBSD 5.3 was quite
 > popular, so I've started building an SMP kernel for FreeBSD 5.4 as
 > well, in addition to the usual GENERIC kernel.  To take advantage

I'm curious how popular.  Would you like to report some statistics here 
on the list?  As in, how many SMP downloads did you get, say, in 
comparison to the GENERIC?  I wonder just how popular SMP has become.  I 
ran dual Pentium 120s on a 430HX motherboard once a long time ago.  And 
I know SMP goes farther back to at least the Pentium 60.  Back then, it 
was pretty unusual, but I wonder what it's like now.

Thanks.

BTW, nice idea you've got.  I tried to use it back before you offered 
SMP kernels and was disappointed.

Thanks for the kernel.
What parameters did you change in your SMP kernel.
Just curious, surely gonna try your kernel. :-)
Thanks,

Mipam.

On Wed, 15 Jun 2005, Colin Percival wrote:
> It sounds like the SMP kernel I provided for FreeBSD 5.3 was quite
> popular, so I've started building an SMP kernel for FreeBSD 5.4 as
> well, in addition to the usual GENERIC kernel.  To take advantage
> of this on your FreeBSD 5.4 SMP system, run the following commands
> as root:
> 
> # touch /boot/kernel/SMP
> # freebsd-update fetch
> # freebsd-update install
> # echo 'bootfile="SMP"' >> /boot/loader.conf
> 
> and reboot.  You should now find that `uname -ri` outputs
"5.4-SECURITY SMP".
> 
> Colin Percival
> 
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