From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Aug 16 6:52: 8 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B33D37B400 for ; Fri, 16 Aug 2002 06:52:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lerlaptop.iadfw.net (lerlaptop.iadfw.net [206.66.13.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B3BE343E3B for ; Fri, 16 Aug 2002 06:52:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ler@lerctr.org) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lerlaptop.lerctr.org (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g7GCdZpM000955; Fri, 16 Aug 2002 07:39:35 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from ler@lerctr.org) Subject: Re: When to consider the new scehduler? From: Larry Rosenman To: Jonathon McKitrick Cc: Terry Lambert , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <20020816123521.GB58797@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> References: <20020816104037.GA58453@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <3D5CDF48.9C9B30ED@mindspring.com> <20020816115957.GA58797@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <3D5CEE39.51E55574@mindspring.com> <20020816123521.GB58797@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 Date: 16 Aug 2002 07:39:35 -0500 Message-Id: <1029501575.404.10.camel@lerlaptop.lerctr.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-milter (http://amavis.org/) Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 2002-08-16 at 07:35, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: > | > Why don't they just add an extra CPU to handle the GUI?? ;-) > | > | They did. 4.0.2 was the ES/MP (Enhanced Security/Multi Processing) > > I thought only NT-SMP did that. I *thought* I was being funny. :-) SVR4.2 is a totally threaded kernel. SVR5 (UnixWare 7/OpenUNIX 8) takes it even further. I run an OpenUnix 8+ box in addition to FreeBSD. if any FreeBSD developers want a shell account to look around, I can arrange it. [snip] -- Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler Phone: +1 972-414-9812 E-Mail: ler@lerctr.org US Mail: 1905 Steamboat Springs Drive, Garland, TX 75044-6749 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message