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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