On Dec 13, 2006, at 9:17 PM, Scott Long wrote:
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There wasn't a full switchover to SMP at 6.0 because an SMP
kernel on a
UP system incurs a measurable runtime overhead, and we wanted to
present
a system that showed the best of FreeBSD to people who wanted to
run it
But David's point is that most AMD64 boxes *are* SMP, not UP. Is
that wrong?
1. There are plenty of single core Opterons and Athlon64 chips
still in
service. Maybe AMD sells more SMP systems now than UP systems, but
their prior sales of UP systems didn't magically disappear overnight.
2. The decision was made in spring of 2005, before dual core chips
were
widely used. While we knew that such chips would be available, we
wanted to have consistency for the transition.
3. This change, had it not been reverted, would have broken the
consistency in the major release stream that we were trying to
achieve.
You spell it 'POLA', I spell it 'consistent'. Either way, I think
that
we both have a deep concern and appreciation for doing the right thing
and not pissing people off with surprises.
4. When 7.0 is released in 2007, the transition will be complete.
These are all fine points, Scott is right about everything *except*
calling David an idiot. David, who is not an idiot, politely backed
out the change. Please end this thread now.
--
Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?
Wes Peters
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