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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!inquo!news.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!enews.sgi.com!news.sgi.com!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!su-news-feed4.bbnplanet.com!news1.slip.net!news From: Devon Lazarus <devonl@digitalthink.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: BSDI? P6? Multi-Processor support? Date: Tue, 01 Oct 1996 13:57:51 -0700 Organization: DigitalThink Lines: 25 Message-ID: <325185CF.446B9B3D@digitalthink.com> References: <524i3e$dno@agate.nbnet.nb.ca> <324C0C37.237C228A@digitalthink.com> <52jvvh$5vb@luva.lb.bawue.de> <52m20l$9le@doctor.nl2k.edmonton.ab.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: 140.174.160.2 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (X11; I; BSD/OS 2.0 i386) The Doctor wrote: > > In article <52jvvh$5vb@luva.lb.bawue.de>, > Michael Giegerich <migieger@luva.lb.bawue.de> wrote: > >>know that bsd/os does NOT support SMP right now. i called the sales rep > >>and he said the beta version of 3.0, which is supposed to ship "in the > >>fall," will do multiple processors. > > > >Strange, I heard the contrary. They'll integrate SMP support in > >BSD/OS >3.0. > > I have to concur with Mike, UNLESS BSDI is putting SMP, hence the holdup > . Speculation of course > . very interesting. i would like to get this nailed down. we purchased bsdi on the promise from the sales person that it would be supporting SMP in the next release. if you have hard facts please send them to me directly at: mailto:devonl@digitalthink.com tia. -d