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Date:      Wed, 06 May 1998 12:05:03 -0700
From:      Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com>
To:        Open Systems Networking <opsys@mail.webspan.net>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: SMP softupdates users problems
Message-ID:  <3550B45F.446B9B3D@whistle.com>
References:  <Pine.BSF.3.95.980505203503.9206B-100000@orion.webspan.net>

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thanks for the comment..
I don't think that soft-updates is SMP safe yet, so it might not be a
good idea.. I'm surprised it ran as much as it did :-)


julian

Open Systems Networking wrote:
> 
> For those not aware running softupdates on SMP as I have been is pretty
> unstable for me. And when it crashes it has taken the last file I was
> doing anything with and nukes it. I was editing my .cshrc file saved it
> fired up netscape and the machine wedged rebooted and .cshrc is gone.
> 
> Just a warning to anyone thinking about running them on an SMP box, be
> prepared to loose stuff when it vomits.
> 
> Chris
>

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