From owner-freebsd-current Wed Dec 3 22:20:32 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id WAA25263 for current-outgoing; Wed, 3 Dec 1997 22:20:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current) Received: from vinyl.quickweb.com (vinyl.quickweb.com [209.112.4.14]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id WAA25252; Wed, 3 Dec 1997 22:20:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mark@quickweb.com) Received: (from mark@localhost) by vinyl.quickweb.com (8.8.7/8.6.12) id BAA07577; Thu, 4 Dec 1997 01:21:51 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <19971204012151.06527@vmunix.com> Date: Thu, 4 Dec 1997 01:21:51 -0500 From: Mark Mayo To: Terry Lambert Cc: Steve Passe , asami@cs.berkeley.edu, dyson@FreeBSD.ORG, jkh@time.cdrom.com, hasty@rah.star-gate.com, grog@lemis.com, FreeBSD-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3.0 -release ? References: <199712040132.SAA10469@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com> <199712040333.UAA01191@usr09.primenet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.85e In-Reply-To: <199712040333.UAA01191@usr09.primenet.com>; from Terry Lambert on Thu, Dec 04, 1997 at 03:33:52AM +0000 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 2.2.5-STABLE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, Dec 04, 1997 at 03:33:52AM +0000, Terry Lambert wrote: > > 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. > > Luckily we only have to compete against Solaris and UnixWare, and not > good SMP systems... Dynix doesn't run on commodity hardware, and > neither does Unisys's SVR4.0.2 ES/MP (which did the locking the right > way instead of the Solaris/SVR4 way). And SMP SunOS 4.1.3 isn't > widely sold, and where it is, it's mostly Japan and Bay Area ISP's, > and then only on SPARC hardware... Out of curiosity, has anyone tested Linux on an Intel SMP system? How far along are they? I was going to buy a dual processor system myself to play with this stuff, but I've decided to hold off and wait for the Alphas to drop in price just a little instead (after the Pentium F00F bug, I really want to try a non-intel system..). Also, could someone summarize the current problems with SMP and NFS? Or are they "unknown" at this point in the game? I might be able to talk Rick Macklem into lending a hand. He's been hinting that he might try some SMP stuff soon, if there is a problem with SMP and NFS I might be able to convince him that it's crucial to his NFS code :-) Of course, he'd have to stop using his microVAX for a while.... -Mark > > > Terry Lambert > terry@lambert.org > --- > Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present > or previous employers. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Mayo mark@vmunix.com RingZero Comp. http://www.vmunix.com/mark finger mark@vmunix.com for my PGP key and GCS code ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Win95/NT - 32 bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an an 8 bit operating system originally coded for a 4 bit microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company that can't stand 1 bit of competition. -UGU