svn commit: r41671 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq

[Eitan Adler]

Author: eadler
Date: Sun May 19 00:56:24 2013
New Revision: 41671
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/41671

Log:
  Restore the SMP question as it may still be useful
  
  Requested by:	gavin, scottl

Modified:
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml

Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml
==============================================================================
--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml	Sun May 19 00:28:55 2013	(r41670)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml	Sun May 19 00:56:24 2013	(r41671)
@@ -1674,6 +1674,28 @@
 	</qandaentry>
 
 	<qandaentry>
+	  <question id="smp-support">
+	    <para>Does &os; support Symmetric Multiprocessing
+	      (SMP)?</para>
+	  </question>
+
+	  <answer>
+	    <para>Symmetric multi-processor (SMP) systems are generally
+	      supported by &os;, although in some cases, BIOS or
+	      motherboard bugs may generate some problems.</para>
+
+	    <para>&os; will take advantage of HyperThreading (HTT)
+	      support on &intel; CPUs that support this feature.  A kernel
+	      with the <literal>options SMP</literal> option, enabled
+	      by default,
+	      will automatically detect the additional logical
+	      processors.</para>
+
+	    <para>&man.smp.4; has more details.</para>
+	  </answer>
+	</qandaentry>
+
+	<qandaentry>
 	  <question id="microcode">
 	    <para>What is microcode?
 	      How do I install &intel; CPU microcode updates?</para>