From owner-freebsd-smp Sun Mar 15 05:12:18 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA15380 for freebsd-smp-outgoing; Sun, 15 Mar 1998 05:12:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from news1.gtn.com (news1.gtn.com [192.109.159.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA15374 for ; Sun, 15 Mar 1998 05:12:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from andreas@klemm.gtn.com) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by news1.gtn.com (8.8.6/8.8.6) with UUCP id OAA23350; Sun, 15 Mar 1998 14:00:16 +0100 (MET) Received: (from andreas@localhost) by klemm.gtn.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id NAA24552; Sun, 15 Mar 1998 13:36:39 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from andreas) Message-ID: <19980315133638.04212@klemm.gtn.com> Date: Sun, 15 Mar 1998 13:36:38 +0100 From: Andreas Klemm To: Deepinder Setia , freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: new SMP user References: <35043CB3.30C3@hotmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89.1i In-Reply-To: <35043CB3.30C3@hotmail.com>; from Deepinder Setia on Mon, Mar 09, 1998 at 11:02:11AM -0800 X-Disclaimer: A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT SMP Sender: owner-freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, Mar 09, 1998 at 11:02:11AM -0800, Deepinder Setia wrote: > According to SMP page on FreeBSD web site: > > "The 970815-SNAP is considered the most recent 'stable' snapshot. > Past this date experimental work on lock pushdown is in progress. > If you have NOT used FreeBSD SMP on your hardware before, start > with the 970815 SNAP. After verifying that SMP works on your system > you are encouraged to cvsup to the latest code and help exercise the > lock changes." > > Is the above still true? This would be the first time I would be > using/installing SMP capable version of FreeBSD. What is the best > version to start from? Walnut Creek CDROM place sells a Oct 6 snap > of freebsd which should have the SMP capabilities. I'd try to install the latest -current SNAPSHOT. Then I'd cvsup the latest and greatest. You can boot an uni processor kernel if you have trouble with booting a smp kernel as "fallback strategy". -- Andreas Klemm powered by ,,symmetric multiprocessor FreeBSD'' To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message