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Date:      Thu, 19 Feb 1998 17:17:52 -0800
From:      David Greenman <dg@root.com>
To:        Mark Mayo <mark@vmunix.com>
Cc:        chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: pre-emptive multitasking patent!
Message-ID:  <199802200117.RAA05887@implode.root.com>

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   Actually, that article mentions pre-emptive multithreading, which FreeBSD
doesn't currently support in the kernel. This might be an issue if we go
beyond the single giant lock model in SMP, however. I haven't read the
patent, but it shouldn't be difficult to prove prior art.

-DG

David Greenman
Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project

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