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From: Devon Lazarus <devonl@digitalthink.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: BSDI? P6? Multi-Processor support?
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 1996 10:17:43 -0700
Organization: DigitalThink
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Lance Cavener wrote:
> 
>  Does BSDi support/work good on a P6?Also, can it handle more than
> one processor?

i stayed away from the p6 for shipping reasons (long lead times) but i
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.

-devon lazarus
DigitalThink