Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 11:40:46 -0600 From: Steve Passe <smp@csn.net> To: david.myers@Corp.Sun.COM Cc: freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SMP current status? Message-ID: <199706231740.LAA06459@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 20 Jun 1997 10:38:07 PDT." <199706201738.KAA25205@concord.Corp.Sun.COM>
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Hi, > I'm about to install a second CPU in my Tyan Pentium Pro motherboard > and go for the FreeBSD 3.0 upgrade. The web pages on freebsd.org are > looking a bit dated, this is primarily because SMP is now part of 3.0-current and thus doesn't require as much special information to be able to use it. --- > however, so I thought I'd ask: how usable is > FreeBSD-SMP, for a person who's not necessarily a kernel hacker but > does like to tinker? It builds cleanly right out of the box, in most cases no special skills are needed. --- > How stable? hard to quantify, but it builds world and runs for weeks on most systems without problems. --- > Does all FreeBSD 2.2.2 code run? probably not, but this is true for the 3.0 UP kernel as well. the bigger issue is 2.2 vs. 3.0, not SMP --- > I'm wondering about Open Sound System, Linux compatibility, and other > dynamically-loaded libraries, in particular. I typically don't use any of these, except perhaps a few lkms that I'mn unaware of... -- Steve Passe | powered by smp@csn.net | Symmetric MultiProcessor FreeBSD
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