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Date:      Tue, 25 Mar 1997 12:14:43 -0700
From:      Steve Passe <smp@csn.net>
To:        "Sean J. Schluntz" <schluntz@pinpt.com>
Cc:        freebsd-smp@freefall.freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: SMP and 3/486's 
Message-ID:  <199703251914.MAA27367@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 25 Mar 1997 10:23:04 EST." <Chameleon.859314293.List@rover4> 

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Hi,
> Does the SMP kernal in FreeBSD support systems with multiple 386's or 486's?  
> I see a lot of talk about P5's and P6's but I have known about multi-processor 
> systems using intel chips for a number of years, using 386's and 486's.

no, 386/486 chips just can't do this sort of thing *efficiently*,
the P5/P6 were designed to do SMP.  I'm not saying it couldn't be
done, just that it doesn't appear worth the effort to those involved...

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