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To: w_taylor@n8ino.mainstream.com (Bill Taylor)
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        smcarey@mailbox.syr.edu
Subject: Re: Real-time and parallel extensions to FreeBSD 
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From: David Greenman <davidg@Root.COM>
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Date: Mon, 26 Dec 1994 18:03:14 -0800
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>system; as far as we know, FreeBSD is the most robust around, but we
>nee to know whether there are plans to take it parallel.  If there is

   There is work in progress on SMP support. I won't say more until this work
has been completed. FreeBSD 2.0 has primitive real-time scheduling, but work
is needed to add preemption points before FreeBSD will be of much use in a
'real' real-time application.

-DG