From owner-freebsd-current Wed Dec 3 17:32:26 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id RAA02472 for current-outgoing; Wed, 3 Dec 1997 17:32:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current) Received: from Ilsa.StevesCafe.com (Ilsa.StevesCafe.com [205.168.119.129]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id RAA02459; Wed, 3 Dec 1997 17:32:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from smp@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com) Received: from Ilsa.StevesCafe.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by Ilsa.StevesCafe.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA10469; Wed, 3 Dec 1997 18:32:08 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <199712040132.SAA10469@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0gamma 1/27/96 From: Steve Passe To: asami@cs.berkeley.edu (Satoshi Asami) cc: dyson@FreeBSD.ORG, jkh@time.cdrom.com, hasty@rah.star-gate.com, grog@lemis.com, FreeBSD-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3.0 -release ? In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 03 Dec 1997 17:23:34 PST." <199712040123.RAA09223@silvia.HIP.Berkeley.EDU> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 03 Dec 1997 18:32:07 -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Satoshi, > * From: Steve Passe > > * 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. > > Oops, sorry. Obviously my impression has been wrong. Perhaps I overstated the issue, I get up times of many weeks on my dual P6 here that is used as a development system. Obviously many others are also using SMP for real work. But the efficiency just isn't there yet. We would bench very poorly against a good SMP system, and thats what needs improvement b4 we go prime-time with SMP. -- Steve Passe | powered by smp@csn.net | Symmetric MultiProcessor FreeBSD