Re: Use SMP on i386

> Is SMP usefull yet?

Please note FAQ 8.12:

[Copy and paste from the FAQ]

8.12 - Does OpenBSD support SMP?
(Symmetric Multi-Processor)
Not at this time. Work is on-going, there is an OpenBSD SMP project,
though there is nothing usable yet, nor is there any time schedule for
OpenBSD SMP support. 

On most platforms, OpenBSD will run on an SMP system, but only utilizing
one processor. The exception to this is the SPARC platform --
OpenBSD/sparc will sometimes require that extra MBus modules be removed
for the system to boot. Multi-processor SPARC64 systems run as long as
the base machine is supported. 

How can I help?

-Write code. There is lots of work to do. 
-Donate hardware. The goal of the OpenBSD SMP project is to support as
many platforms as possible, including SPARC, SPARC64, Alpha, MacPPC and
of course, the i386. Donations of desired hardware are welcome!
-Don't offer to "test". The SMP project is not part of the core OpenBSD
project right now for a reason -- it isn't ready for production use yet,
or even general "testing". Informing the developers that it didn't work
on your hardware without code to make it work isn't useful at this
point. Send in your dmesg, if a developer sees something interesting in
your hardware, they can contact you for testing. 



Tim Donahue