Date: Sat, 26 Oct 1996 16:25:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Nick Esborn <nick@grayphics.com> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@Glue.umd.edu> Cc: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Current state of SMP support on FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.961026162048.23898A-100000@capella.grayphics.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.95.961026191351.3141C-100000@packet.eng.umd.edu>
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On Sat, 26 Oct 1996, Chuck Robey wrote: > Understand, Nick, that everyone doing it isn't trying to meet any > schedule, and there is quite a bit of experimentation going on. If it > took less than 2 months go get things going, I'd be shocked, but I > wouldn't be too shocked if it took a year. Between those limits, it's not > terrifically predictable. There's a smallish group that actually has dual > processors for experimentation (I'll be doing it soon :-) ), and this > slows things too. Yeah, I understand. I know nobody's getting paid for their work on FreeBSD, and that donations aren't too common. I don't have two CPUs yet, just the board, and I'll probably need to buy two new, identical CPUs when I'm ready to try SMP anyway, so it's not a big deal. I am very excited about SMP in FBSD though. Thanks for the comments. Nick Grayphics http://www.grayphics.com/
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