From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 3 19:27:51 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA01056 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 3 Feb 1998 19:27:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from zippy.dyn.ml.org (garbanzo@kenya-141.ppp.hooked.net [206.169.227.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA00979 for ; Tue, 3 Feb 1998 19:26:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from garbanzo@hooked.net) Received: from localhost (garbanzo@localhost) by zippy.dyn.ml.org (8.8.8/8.8.7) with SMTP id TAA14131; Tue, 3 Feb 1998 19:28:18 -0800 (PST) X-Authentication-Warning: zippy.dyn.ml.org: garbanzo owned process doing -bs Date: Tue, 3 Feb 1998 19:28:17 -0800 (PST) From: Alex X-Sender: garbanzo@zippy.dyn.ml.org To: Steve Chapin cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Multiprocessor FreeBSD? In-Reply-To: <199802032133.QAA21235@ares.cs.Virginia.EDU> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG X-To-Unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org "unsubscribe questions" On Tue, 3 Feb 1998, Steve Chapin wrote: > > I scanned the FAQ but didn't see an answer to this question. > > Does FreeBSD support multprocessor (dual, quad) Pentium boxes? Those > that comply with the Intel MPS Spec? I'm looking for something that > will run on an ALR quad box. Yes FreeBSD does support SMP (with Intel cpus only however). If you want to use it you'll need to use the -current branch, which often isn't guaranteed to be as stable as -stable. If you're looking for something to run, Linux (2.0.x and 2.1.x), Windows NT, and Sun's Solaris all support SMP computers. Linux: The Microsoft Windows(tm) of the Unix(tm) world. - alex