Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 10:58:29 -0700 From: Steve Passe <smp@csn.net> To: ken@tydfam.iijnet.or.jp Cc: freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Q) SMP kernel for 2.2R Message-ID: <199703181758.KAA16094@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 18 Mar 1997 23:37:56 %2B0900." <199703181437.XAA02438@tyd1.tydfam.iijnet.or.jp>
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Hi, > Do you have any plan to implement SMP kernel for 2.2-RELEASE? > > I am using ASUS P/I-P6NP5(C-P6ND), mptable attached, as my server, >and want to install SMP kernel. >-current seemingly is under file system modification and Lite 2 >implementation, and it is too unstable for server use. I tried >the recent SMP source on 2.2-RELEASE and succeded in compilation, >but it stopped at after "npx0: INT 16 interface" and before >"sctarg0(noadapter::): Processor Target", assuming it displayes >the same as single processor kernel. don't think this will ever happen. the current version of SMP has many compromises that just won't cut it for the real thing. As we continue development the INT structure etc. is going to change vastly from the current (ie 2.2) model. Although the current SMP might be modifiable to work under 2.2 with a little work, the future changes will make it impossible, and it would be a waste of time to maintain a parallel branch for 2.2. This is a major reason we went to 3.0. sorry... -- Steve Passe | powered by smp@csn.net | Symmetric MultiProcessor FreeBSD
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