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Date:      Fri, 18 Sep 1998 07:50:12 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Nathan Ahlstrom <nrahlstr@winternet.com>
To:        Andriss <andriss@argate.com>
Cc:        "Jan B. Koum " <jkb@best.com>, Gerardo Gallardo <ggallardo@sawtek.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: DELL Poweredge server
Message-ID:  <Pine.GSO.3.96.980918074838.17157C-100000@tundra.winternet.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980917215200.14196A-100000@tasam.com>

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> I thought 2.2.7, and all releases below 3.0 did not fully use multiple
> CPU's and just had them idle while using the main CPU.. am I wrong?

The -stable branch will never have SMP support.  The second CPU would be
silently ignored.

> If FreeBSD can do that, I should buy an extra CPU for my 2.2.7 box :-)

Better wait until 3.0.


Nathan Ahlstrom
nrahlstr@winternet.com
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