From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Oct 22 15: 2:53 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from gus33.homeip.net (hybrid-024-221-140-147.az.sprintbbd.net [24.221.140.147]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 921E137B479 for ; Sun, 22 Oct 2000 15:02:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (kdavey@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gus33.homeip.net (8.9.3/8.9.3/SuSE Linux 8.9.3-0.1) with ESMTP id OAA03203; Sun, 22 Oct 2000 14:44:57 -0700 Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2000 14:44:57 -0700 (MST) From: Keith Davey To: jeff_pettorino@non.agilent.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SMP? In-Reply-To: <5FAB4FDDCA7DD41191AA00D0B74778C821D363@axcs21.cos.agilent.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG The short answer is that FreeBSD does support SMP environments. I beleve that it supports SMP better than Linux does at 2.2.x but not as well as most commercial UNIX veriants like AIX and Solaris. On Sun, 22 Oct 2000 jeff_pettorino@non.agilent.com wrote: > I am curious about FreeBSD, being a Linux user for some time now, and would > like to try it out. My question is, does FreeBSD support SMP, and if so, to > what extent? I have heard various (and probably un-informed) responses > saying NO and YES but limited and poorly integrated....just want to know > what I am getting into before I get started! > > Thanks, > Jeff > Jeff Pettorino > Unix Frontline Platform Support > Telnet 719/590-3805 > =================== > Spherion > Technology Architects > Infrastructure Solutions > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message