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From: Kai Leibrandt <Kai.Leibrandt@brunel.ac.uk>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Dual Pentium MotherBoard.
Date: 27 Sep 1995 09:53:05 GMT
Organization: Interaction Design Research
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Rajesh Varia <raj@c4rv.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>In article <DFHG2v.7Mw@ritz.mordor.com>
> ritz@ritz.mordor.com "Chris Mauritz" writes:
>
>>
>> Free/NetBSD/Linux won't take advantage of the extra cpu.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Chris
<SNIP>
>I heard that SMP support was coming real soon with Linux, poss
>early next year (don't hold your breath though).
>
It's already here -well almost... I think Alan Cox is working on it,
but I'm not sure. Look around for the Viper project, they're the people
to ask.
AFAIK they have a prototype working!
Kai.
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