Date: Fri, 27 Sep 1996 08:15:47 +0200 (MET DST) From: Bogusz Jelinski <bogusz@lib.amu.edu.pl> To: Einer Petersen <einer@ibm.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SMP Support on Intel Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.91.960927075452.10097A-100000@lib.amu.edu.pl> In-Reply-To: <324B17E2.383898F5@ibm.net>
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On Thu, 26 Sep 1996, Einer Petersen wrote:
> Hi guys .....
> Does FreeBSD support Multiple Pentium processors yet ?
> If it does.....
> 4. Is there any Real time scheduling / scheduling class ?
>
> The reason I am asking all these questions is that I would rather use
> FreeBSD, to which I have grown accustomed and generaly like, than
> Solaris x86 (Too pricey for an OS that comes without a compiler)
Solaris x86 2.5 Desktop costs about $120 (edu). It is not much.
Commercial offer is also very cheap - competitive upgrade (if you
get rid of FreeBSD or Linux) costs about $190. The "base server
unlimited user comp. upg." is shiped for about $400. I tested GNU compiler
which in many cases worked better than Sunsoft's ProCompiler
(compiling and !! linking Oracle Pro*C code). I can imagine situations
that you are forced to use Solaris - I work with Developer/2000 for example.
A question - have you used the real time scheduling on Solaris?
I tried to but without success ("something not configured" errors).
If I am not wrong - this feature was introduced in System V Release 4.0
(AT&T specification) - SunOS 5.5 claims to be so.
Bogusz
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