From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Feb 2 16:14:35 1995 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) id QAA23174 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 2 Feb 1995 16:14:35 -0800 Received: from Root.COM (implode.Root.COM [198.145.90.1]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) with ESMTP id QAA23160 for ; Thu, 2 Feb 1995 16:14:33 -0800 Received: from corbin.Root.COM (corbin.Root.COM [198.145.90.18]) by Root.COM (8.6.8/8.6.5) with ESMTP id QAA17963; Thu, 2 Feb 1995 16:14:27 -0800 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by corbin.Root.COM (8.6.9/8.6.5) with SMTP id QAA01755; Thu, 2 Feb 1995 16:14:27 -0800 Message-Id: <199502030014.QAA01755@corbin.Root.COM> X-Authentication-Warning: corbin.Root.COM: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol To: David Poole cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Does FreeBSD supports SMP?? In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 02 Feb 95 17:21:30 MST." <199502030009.QAA22881@freefall.cdrom.com> From: David Greenman Reply-To: davidg@Root.COM Date: Thu, 02 Feb 1995 16:14:25 -0800 Sender: questions-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >> >> Hello! >> >> Does or will FreeBSD support symmetrical multi processor systems? >> >> sns > > I asked that of someone once. They said there is either no real >standard for SMP hardware or there were too many standards (no clear >winner yet). Can't remember which... Huh??? On a FreeBSD list? As far as PC hardware goes, there is one standard and that is the Intel MP standard. ...and yes, we have someone working on SMP support for FreeBSD. He's developing it on an ASUS dual Pentium machine. -DG