Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 00:01:10 +0200 From: Nimrod Mesika <nimrodm@bezeqint.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SMP? Message-ID: <20001023000110.A908@localhost.bsd.net.il> In-Reply-To: <5FAB4FDDCA7DD41191AA00D0B74778C821D363@axcs21.cos.agilent.com>; from jeff_pettorino@non.agilent.com on Sun, Oct 22, 2000 at 03:50:10PM -0600 References: <5FAB4FDDCA7DD41191AA00D0B74778C821D363@axcs21.cos.agilent.com>
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On Sun, Oct 22, 2000 at 03:50:10PM -0600, 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! 1. Yes. FreeBSD supports SMP (I'm running FreeBSD-4 on a dual-celeron machine). 2. There is some work to improve support for SMP (make the kernel more scalable). This is done on FreeBSD-5 (The development branch) and will not be ready anytime soon. Check out: http://people.freebsd.org/~jasone/smp/ -- Nimrod. http://www.geocities.com/rodd_27 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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