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Date:      Thu, 18 Jan 2001 14:23:06 -0800
From:      Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>
To:        Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        Lars Eggert <larse@ISI.EDU>, Jamil Taylor <jamil_taylor@pobox.com>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: SMP & APM (was Re: SMP & signal 11)
Message-ID:  <20010118142306.B7247@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu>
In-Reply-To: <200101182141.f0ILf2Q01268@mass.osd.bsdi.com>; from msmith@FreeBSD.ORG on Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 01:41:02PM -0800
References:  <3A675CB9.53261A6E@isi.edu> <200101182141.f0ILf2Q01268@mass.osd.bsdi.com>

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On Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 01:41:02PM -0800, Mike Smith wrote:
> It's not supported, no.  Having said that, it's theoretically *meant* to 
> work, but I suspect that there are unconsidered issues which mean that 
> APM and SMP just aren't going to mix.

I could swear I saw posts a year or so ago that SMP and APM won't ever
get along due to BIOS code that isn't SMP safe.

-- Brooks

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