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To: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" <michaelv@HeadCandy.com>
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Subject: Re: Unix/NT synchronization model (was: SMP progress?) 
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Date: Tue, 04 Jun 1996 14:06:26 -0700
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From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.tfs.com>
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> 
> >> At the risk of asking a st00pid FAQ question, what is the current
> >> state of progress on FreeBSD SMP work?
> 
> >Pretty good, quite stable.
> 
> So, where are SMP development issues discussed?  I didn't see a lot of
> traffic in this group in the archives.
in smp@freebsd.org, there isn't much traffic :-)

> Another question I have: What is the "reference" model for SMP
> synchronization methods in Unix?  Solaris?  OSF/1?  For those who are
> familiar with the Windows NT synchronization model, how does this Unix
> reference model compare?  I. e. what are the similarties and
> differences?
To Be Decided really...

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