From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Aug 14 20:08:24 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA08021 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Fri, 14 Aug 1998 20:08:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA08009 for ; Fri, 14 Aug 1998 20:08:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id MAA11033; Sat, 15 Aug 1998 12:37:48 +0930 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id MAA21794; Sat, 15 Aug 1998 12:37:49 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <19980815123748.E21662@lemis.com> Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1998 12:37:48 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: Alfred Perlstein , poipoi@famipow.com Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: solaris smp management References: <19980814063439.175.qmail@hwi.poi.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: ; from Alfred Perlstein on Fri, Aug 14, 1998 at 12:23:35PM -0500 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Friday, 14 August 1998 at 12:23:35 -0500, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > it isn't an "algorithm" rather a total restructuring of the kernel. > freebsd wouldn't be "BSD" anymore if it adopted the same path as sun. > > that's why there is no more "sunos" just solaris, sunos was a BSD > kernel, while solaris was a resturctured blend of BSD and SRV4. Well, not quite. SunOS 1 to 4 were a BSD kernel, SunOS 5 is an SVR4 kernel. Solaris 1 includes SunOS4, and Solaris 2 includes SunOS 5. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message