Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....???

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From: Rick Forrister
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 02:21

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Larry Mills-Gahl wrote:
> 
> In article <4d98c0$19i@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, rexniger@aol.com (Rex
> Niger) wrote:
> 
> >   Are any of the Linux kernels floating around SMP?
> 
> I believe there is an SMP kernel floating around (I think it is called
> 'viper' or something)

Linux doesn't play around with the "name games" of OS/2, MAC, or
Microsoft.  You'll find SMP capability in kernel releases in the
1.3.xx series; I believe it became available around 1.3.12 & can
handle upto 12-13 processors currently.

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From: Rick Forrister <rickf@glacier.jpl.nasa.gov>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.intel,alt.2600
Subject: Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....???
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1996 18:21:04 -0800
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