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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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