Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2000 23:10:49 +0800 From: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> To: "Vladimir A. Jakovenko" <vovik@lucky.net> Cc: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: staroffice doesn't work with a 3.4-SMP kernel Message-ID: <20000104151049.9BF681CCE@overcee.netplex.com.au> In-Reply-To: Message from "Vladimir A. Jakovenko" <vovik@lucky.net> of "03 Jan 2000 23:29:17 GMT." <84rbcd$79r$1@news.lucky.net>
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"Vladimir A. Jakovenko" wrote: > Bruce Albrecht <bruce@zuhause.mn.org> wrote: > > If you want to use StarOffice (or wine) on an SMP system, you'll need > > to upgrade to -current. There was some fix to the memory system > > around the time 3.1 came out that disabled forking with shared memory > > on an SMP system. This was eventually fixed in -current, but never > > retrofitted to -stable. > > Does "forking with shared memory on an SMP system" also mean problems > with using SYSVSHM between related processes on an SMP system? No, it means the process tried to use rfork() with an entirely shared process address space. This is not supported under SMP in 3.x and isn't particularly likely to be with 4.x around the corner. Cheers, -Peter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message
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