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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: SMP support and unified VM/File System
Date: Sun, 18 May 1997 20:35:38 -0700
Organization: Walnut Creek CDROM
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Yiming Hu wrote:
> (1) Is there a version of FreeBSD that supports SMP (more than
>     4 processors) ?

Not quite yet, but it is being worked on right now.  If you'd care to
help, please send mail to smp@freebsd.org and declare your interest.

>     and AIX. My question is, where can I find more information
>     about the algorithm and implementation of the unified VM/FS?
>     "The design and implementation of the 4.4BSD" book talks
>     only about the old buffer cache approach.

I think this exists solely in the heads of John Dyson
<dyson@freebsd.org> and David Greenman <davidg@freebsd.org> right now. 
Why not send them email and ask?

> (3) There are several books discussing the internal of Linux.
>     Is there any simular book/paper available for FreeBSD,
>     other than the McKusick's book?

Not yet. :)

-- 
- Jordan Hubbard
  FreeBSD core team / Walnut Creek CDROM.