From owner-freebsd-arch Wed May 24 14:36:53 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from timingpdc.timing.com (timingpdc.timing.com [206.168.13.194]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5466237B88C for ; Wed, 24 May 2000 14:36:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from smp@timing.com) Received: from RoadRunner.timing.com ([206.168.13.190]) by timingpdc.timing.com (Post.Office MTA v3.1.2 release (PO205-101c) ID# 103-49575U100L2S100) with ESMTP id AAA516; Wed, 24 May 2000 15:38:06 -0600 Received: from RoadRunner.timing.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by RoadRunner.timing.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA21433; Wed, 24 May 2000 15:36:37 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from smp@RoadRunner.timing.com) Message-Id: <200005242136.PAA21433@RoadRunner.timing.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 From: Steve Passe To: Matthew Fuller Cc: Chuck Paterson , arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Preemptive kernel on older X86 hardware In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 24 May 2000 16:10:40 CDT." <20000524161040.Z660@linkfast.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 15:36:37 -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, > On Wed, May 24, 2000 at 09:28:16AM -0600, a little birdie told me > that Steve Passe remarked > > > > We would have no need for SMP on 486 or 586, however losing UP on 486 > > would be a problem. > > Just as a side point (a fair bit of this discussion is over my head, so > I'm not sure if this is really relevant or not, but...), I would dispute > the second half of the first part above. > > While SMP on 586 is certainly not mainstream, I'm sure I'm far from the > only one with a multi-proc 586 machine. It'd be quite a shame to abandon > that market without at least more looking into the problems that would be > faced in supporting it. I should have been clearer, when I said "we" in my last posting, I meant "Timing Solutions", NOT FreeBSD. That's the trouble with wearing multiple hats! -- Steve Passe | powered by smp@timing.com | Symmetric MultiProcessor FreeBSD To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message