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From: Steve Passe <smp@csn.net>
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Subject: Re: 3.0 -release ? 
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Hi,

> You are absolutely right.  But only problem is that there are pretty
> stable things (like 2-way SMP) as well as definitely work on progress
> ...
> real shame, because we are losing the market share right now to those
> who already offer SMP in their releases.

SMP is definately NOT ready for prime-time.  I'm going to be spending most
of december working on it, my goal is to hash out a design for "the real
thing".  Some major design changes to the kernel will be necessary, there's
likely to be blood on the floor b4 we're done...  Tune in to smp@freebsd.org
to participate in the discussions.
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