Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 09:19:13 +0000 (GMT) From: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> To: Peter Jeremy <peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au> Cc: Mikhail Teterin <mi@video-collage.com>, current@freebsd.org, alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SMP on Alpha? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003100918020.79394-100000@salmon.nlsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <00Mar10.123332est.115241@border.alcanet.com.au>
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On Fri, 10 Mar 2000, Peter Jeremy wrote: > On 2000-Mar-10 12:06:18 +1100, Mikhail Teterin <mi@video-collage.com> wrote: > >Will the -current version of FreeBSD run on a multi-CPU axp machine and > >use all of the CPUs? > > Not yet, but Real Soon Now. > > > Would that be a reliable box (assuming the admin > >sometimes knows what he is doing)? > > -current comes with all the usual `not for production use' caveats, > and (without any slur on Doug Rabson, who's doing the work), you'd > be very game taking FreeBSD's first cut at Alpha/SMP and putting it > into production. On the other hand, a uniprocessor alpha has a decent amount of horsepower and should be suitable for use in production. -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 442 9037 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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