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Date:      Thu, 22 Jun 2000 13:56:56 -0700
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>
Cc:        Bernd Walter <ticso@cicely8.cicely.de>, current@FreeBSD.ORG, Jason Evans <jasone@canonware.com>
Subject:   Re: HEADS UP: Destabilization due to SMP development
Message-ID:  <20000622135656.D845@sydney.worldwide.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <200006221707.KAA03498@apollo.backplane.com>
References:  <20000619115330.D79318@blitz.canonware.com> <200006200034.RAA81825@apollo.backplane.com> <20000622183817.A18476@cicely8.cicely.de> <200006221707.KAA03498@apollo.backplane.com>

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On Thursday, 22 June 2000 at 10:07:38 -0700, Matthew Dillon wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Jun 19, 2000 at 05:34:47PM -0700, Matthew Dillon wrote:
>>>
>>>     Ok, I have put up a web page that will track my efforts.
>>>
>>> 	http://apollo.backplane.com/FreeBSDSmp/
>>
>> Your first patchset contains only i386 code.
>> What is the timeframe for alpha relative to i386?
>> Will each i386 code step converted to it a short time later or finally
>> after the i386 code completely has been stabilized?
>
>     The alpha code is going to be dealt with by the alpha guys.  I am
>     not an alpha assembly programmer.  There is going to be considerably
>     more breakage for the alpha port in the next month then the i386 port,
>     but hopefully it will get worked out.

Hmm.  This adds another dependency.  We will really need to get the
Alpha code in place before we can commit anything.  Is there anybody
out there who can do this?

Greg
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