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From: hu@ele.uri.edu (Yiming Hu)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: SMP support and unified VM/File System
Date: 16 May 1997 18:29:50 GMT
Organization: University of Rhode Island
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Hi,
As a research project, I'm seeking a Unix that can run
on our shared-memory-multiprocessor SIMULATOR. We need OS source
code so we can modified it for our simulator. I was told
that FreeBSD supports SMP so I think it may be a good
candidate. I know nothing about about FreeBSD and I have
the following questions:
(1) Is there a version of FreeBSD that supports SMP (more than
4 processors) ?
(2) According to www.FreeBSD.org, FreeBSD uses unified
Virtual-Memory/File-System aproach. This is another reason
that I'm interested in it, since the similar approach is
used by most "main-stream" Unix systems such as Solaris
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.
(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?
Thanks,
-Yiming