Multiple cores

Hello everyone!

Please explain to me should I build any specific kernel to make my FreeBSD 8.2 see the second processor core?

Thank you in advance,

Michael
 
But is it normal to have
Code:
kern.smp.active = 1
and
Code:
kern.smp.cpus = 2
at the same time?
 
Yes.

Code:
kern.smp.active = 1

This means simply, that SMP is active, it's not number of active CPUs.

Code:
kern.smp.cpus = 2

This is number of active CPUs.
 
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