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1997-08-04 21:02:11 +00:00
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.Dd August 4, 1997
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.Dt SMP 4
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.Os FreeBSD 3.0
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm SMP
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.Nd description of the FreeBSD Symmetric MultiProcessor kernel.
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm SMP
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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1998-06-08 06:12:02 +00:00
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kernel implements symmetric multiprocessor support.
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.Sh COMPATIBILITY
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The
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.Nm
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kernel supports motherboards that follow the Intel MP specification,
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version 1.4.
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.Sh BUGS
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That would be a good guess...
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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1997-09-29 10:11:02 +00:00
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.Xr mptable 1 ,
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.Xr dmesg 8
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm
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kernel's early history is not (properly) recorded. It was developed
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in a separate CVS branch until April 26, 1997, at which point it was
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merged into 3.0-current. By this date 3.0-current had already been
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merged with Lite2 kernel code.
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.Sh AUTHORS
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1998-03-12 07:31:21 +00:00
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.An Steve Passe Aq fsmp@FreeBSD.org
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