MP version of BSDI?

Path: gmd.de!dearn!blekul11!news.ysu.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!gateway
From: kar...@BSDI.COM (Mike Karels)
Newsgroups: info.bsdi.users
Subject: Re: MP version of BSDI?
Date: 5 Apr 94 00:33:55 GMT
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Lines: 16
Approved: Use...@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu
Message-ID: <199404050034.TAA26533@redrock.BSDI.COM>
References: <9404040202.AA12895@seagull.rtd.com>
NNTP-Posting-Host: ux1.cso.uiuc.edu
Originator: dae...@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu

> Sun's are nice peices of hardware, but if BSD will support multiple
> processors on a Sun, why not a PC?

I do not set the priorities for BSDI, but I feel safe in saying this:
BSDI is unlikely to ship a system that supports multiple processors
on a Sun or a PC in the near term.  I have been interested in working
on multiprocessing for some time, but I don't see it happening any
time soon.

I have not looked into PC multiprocessors, but I have a strong suspicion
that they differ substantially from one to the next (Compaq, ALR, etc),
and that we would be well beyond the realm of commodity hardware.
Sun multiprocessors are probably more uniform than PCs.

		Mike

			  SCO's Case Against IBM

November 12, 2003 - Jed Boal from Eyewitness News KSL 5 TV provides an
overview on SCO's case against IBM. Darl McBride, SCO's president and CEO,
talks about the lawsuit's impact and attacks. Jason Holt, student and 
Linux user, talks about the benefits of code availability and the merits 
of the SCO vs IBM lawsuit. See SCO vs IBM.