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Date:      Fri, 4 Sep 1998 06:29:32 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>
To:        jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard)
Cc:        gc9773@batelco.com.bh, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: SMP Compliant Kernel?
Message-ID:  <199809040629.XAA04710@usr05.primenet.com>
In-Reply-To: <2805.904884015@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at Sep 3, 98 09:40:15 pm

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> >     I am currently running FreeBSD 2.2.6 on my Tyan Dual 120 MHZ system
> > and am curious as to when the "Stable" release will incorporate SMP.  It
> 
> SMP will never be in -stable.  It would represent far too much of an
> architectural change and is not in keeping with -stable's charter of
> relatively small, incremental features (evolution rather than
> revolution).  I'm afraid that if SMP is what you want, you're going to
> have to wait until 3.0 enters it's own -stable phase in Q1 99.

Right -- when 3.x is -stable, then -stable will be SMP.

In other words, SMP support requires -stable.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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