[rescue] SMP on intel wasteful?

Brian Hechinger wonko at 4amlunch.net
Mon Jun 24 21:54:57 CDT 2002


On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 05:24:43PM -0400, Kurt Huhn wrote:
> 
> The problem with running Linux or *BSD on an SGI is that you can't
> (aside from an Indy, and even then it's barely useable).  I have a very
> hard time thinking that *BSD or Linux on a sun4u is a good idea.  I know

i would have considered NetBSD on the U1, but i'm generally locked to Solaris
due to being a die-hard FDDI nut, and the support for SBus FDDI just doesn't
exist anywhere else.

> some people who swear by it, but I can't quite wrap my brain around
> that.  Also, I would hardly call Irix or Solaris crusty or old.  Both
> have come a long way since they were originally offered.  Why would you
> call them crusty or old?

mostly cause he doesn't know any better.

-brian
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