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From: Steve Passe <smp@csn.net>
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Subject: Re: SMP current status? 
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Hi,

> I'm about to install a second CPU in my Tyan Pentium Pro motherboard
> and go for the FreeBSD 3.0 upgrade.  The web pages on freebsd.org are
> looking a bit dated,

this is primarily because SMP is now part of 3.0-current and thus doesn't
require as much special information to be able to use it.

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> however, so I thought I'd ask: how usable is
> FreeBSD-SMP, for a person who's not necessarily a kernel hacker but
> does like to tinker?

It builds cleanly right out of the box, in most cases no special skills
are needed.

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>  How stable?

hard to quantify, but it builds world and runs for weeks on most systems 
without
problems.

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>  Does all FreeBSD 2.2.2 code run? 

probably not, but this is true for the 3.0 UP kernel as well.  the bigger issue
is 2.2 vs. 3.0, not SMP

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> I'm wondering about Open Sound System, Linux compatibility, and other
> dynamically-loaded libraries, in particular.

I typically don't use any of these, except perhaps a few lkms that I'mn unaware
of...

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