Date: Mon, 9 Feb 1998 11:04:09 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Konrad Heuer <kheuer@gwdu60.gwdg.de> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Multiprocessing in FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980209110209.26224C-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980209102919.17082A-100000@gwdu60.gwdg.de>
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On Mon, 9 Feb 1998, Konrad Heuer wrote: > Some people argue Linux should be better for larger servers since it does > already support symmetric multiprocessing in an production kernel. The Linux people tend to make code available first then fix it later. We like the opposite philosophy. > I know SMP is in FreeBSD-current. What are the experiences? Does it behave > well? Will there be a chance for a RELEASE with SMP support this year? If -CURRENT goes to release, then yes. It depends if 2.2.x is still sufficient or if we're ready for 3.0, or if 3.0 is ready for us :) Certain times of -current are actually quite stable. It's a matter of picking a good day to grab current on. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe questions" in the body of the message
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