Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 09:25:13 -0800 (PST) From: "Dorr H. Clark" <dclark@applmath.scu.edu> To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: MP & FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.GHP.4.21.0103150918460.17514-100000@hpux46.dc.engr.scu.edu>
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Hi- I have some questions about multi-processing and FreeBSD. If I am using the wrong list(s) to ask this, please let me know. All these questions pertain to the x86 variant of FreeBSD. I am interested in booting and running FreeBSD on a two-processor Tyan motherboard. I would like to know the following information: 1) According to the release notes for 4.1.1, SMP is not considered a base capability of the OS. Is there a separate baseline which is an experimental SMP, or are the changes hidden behind a particular build flag? If there is a baseline & it is open, can I find out a link for downloads? 2) What is the earliest revision of FreeBSD which will boot both CPUs on a dual CPU board? Are the changes coherently archived, or do they need to be extracted from CVS somewhere? 3) Is there an individual or group leading the SMP development? What are the issues which keep this from being a mainstream capability? I can't promise any useful output from my work but I'd be happy to help with forward progress if possible. Thanks in advance for any useful information, -Dorr H. Clark Santa Clara University To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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