SMP : determining the number of CPUs

[Jim Reid]

>>>>> "Simon" == Simon Waters <Simon at wretched.demon.co.uk> writes:

    >>  I would appreciate it if someone can point me to the proper
    >> files/functions to see how BIND determines the number of CPUs a
    >> machine has.

    Simon> bind-9.2.0rc1/lib/isc/unix/os.c and Win32 directory I
    Simon> guess.

    Simon> What the copyright position is on this I'm not sure

The copyright notice in the file makes that more than clear:

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