Date: Sat, 18 Oct 1997 09:33:58 +0800 From: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> To: Bernie Doehner <bad@uhf.wireless.net> Cc: Mika Nystrom <mika@cs.caltech.edu>, wst9720@acs.tamu.edu, freebsd-smp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SMP Message-ID: <199710180133.JAA17274@spinner.netplex.com.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 17 Oct 1997 20:59:18 -0400." <Pine.BSF.3.96.971017205817.9277A-100000@uhf.wireless.net>
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Bernie Doehner wrote: > > >No. You need 3.0-current or recent SNAP. > > Ok. Should have been clearer.. You need 3.0-current or a recent SNAP if > you want to run a SMP kernel. > > Bernie And before anybody asks "will SMP be ported to 2.2" or something like that, the answer is definately no... The SMP code is a primary difference between 2.2.x and 3.0. Taking the SMP code to 2.2 would pretty much result in something that looked a heck of a lot like 3.0. (minus things like async IO of course) > > Is this a problem specifically with this motherboard? We routinely > > run FreeBSD 2.2.1-2 on dual-CPU PPros with Intel motherboards, using > > one CPU.. we do this on machines where we need to avoid -CURRENT NFS > > bugs at all costs. > > > > > > Mika > > <mika@cs.caltech.edu> > > > Cheers, -Peter -- Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> Netplex Consulting
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