From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 28 11:06:10 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id LAA25888 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 28 Jan 1996 11:06:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from schizo.cdsnet.net (schizo.cdsnet.net [204.118.244.32]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id LAA25880 for ; Sun, 28 Jan 1996 11:06:03 -0800 (PST) Received: (from mrcpu@localhost) by schizo.cdsnet.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) id LAA09803; Sun, 28 Jan 1996 11:06:35 -0800 Date: Sun, 28 Jan 1996 11:06:34 -0800 (PST) From: Jaye Mathisen To: "Jacob M. Parnas" cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sun refugee (BSD-bigot) seeks OS for Pentium Pro system.... In-Reply-To: <199601281802.NAA00791@jparnas.cybercom.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Sun, 28 Jan 1996, Jacob M. Parnas wrote: > 1. Will a MP system work with freebsd with one processor OK, and > multiprocessors? Is the MP support planned in the future (or currently > supported) and what type (spreading out the processes or, having a multi- > threading compiler and kernel) Yes. FreeBSD doesn't know how to start the second processor, so it runs with just one fine. (At least it did on a dual P120 DEC box). I guess there are some alpha MP patches out there, but I can't say much more than that.) > > 2. I'm considering BSDI as well. Obviously, I'd be giving up support > possibilities from BSDI. How good/bad is their support (do they rush you, > or do you get the feeling that they really want to make you feel secure > about them doing a good job of doing a good -- do they take responsibility > system problems or just give you a clue to work on and how fast is their > phone support turn-around? Their support is real good, although I only use the email support. They're pretty quick at fixing stuff. As far as I know, there is zero MP stuff for BSD/OS, so if that's a priority, BSD/OS won't work for you. > > 3. How happy are you with your choice? What are the pros+cons both up front > (such as ports) and undeterminable such as support? I use both, and see better performance with FreeBSD, I still see the occasional stability problem with FreeBSD. BSD/OS has been a good performaer, and very solid. > > 4. How do you see the future? Do you think BSDI will do a lot more ports > and add new features? Yeah, BSD/OS seems to have gotten after the driver market with the new release. Lots of support for high-speed cards now. > > 5. Am I correct that Linux is really System V and some BSD stuff is missing? Vaguely.