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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: SMP support?
To: jreynold@sedona.intel.com (John Reynolds)
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 19:30:43 -0700 (MST)
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In-Reply-To: <199602162345.AA263074337@muffett> from "John Reynolds" at Feb 16, 96 04:45:37 pm
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> I was just wondering if FreeBSD 2.1 currently supports SMP? If not, is this
> something that might happen in the near-to-not-so-near future?

It does if you back up to 28 Oct 1994 and apply some patches and
add an include file.

It does if you go to -current and fix the GDT and LDT code in losore.s
(and I send you patches).


Someone needs to hack losore.s.  I would, but I am fighting soft updates
right now.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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