On Mon, Aug 31, 1998 at 03:33:51AM -0700, Todd Whitesel wrote:

> I agree that the threat exists. However if we managed to push through a
> rewrite of the VM system, then I think we can manage to push through a
> rewrite of the MP system later when it becomes clear how the darn thing
> should have worked.

I agree 100% here... Personally, I tend to prefer GPL-style licensing to
Berkeley-style licensing, but I prefer NetBSD because of both its heritage
and because I see it as being technically better. The lack of SMP and MP
as a whole seems unfortunate, especially when FreeBSD has it in some form.

Speaking of which... Can someone who's familiar with FreeBSD's implementation
of SMP comment how how relevant it would be to us? I don't know if it's bound
too tightly to the Intel architecture or not, but it would seem to make sense
to leverage the work, if it's worthwhile.

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