Biglock!

Contributed by jose on 2003-05-16 from the SMP dept.

bsd writes: " http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-cvs&m=105297174618974&w=2
From niklas@:
Biglock! Most of the logic comes from NetBSD. Also a lot of fixes, enough to get a dual cpu machine actually run MP for a very short while (we are just talking about seconds) before starving out one of the cpus. More coming very soon."
A followup commit improves stability, but only to the point where the init scripts can begin working. This isn't usable yet, but it's getting there. Way to go, Niklas!

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By Anonymous Coward () on 2003-05-16 19:30

Nice to see things being added, can't wait for the "more to come very soon" part.
By Anonymous Coward () on 2003-05-16 19:59

Congrats to the OpenBSD folk from a FreeBSD fan. You guys are goin' places. May the source be with you.
By Anonymous Coward () on 2003-05-17 13:13

I Hackathon's

In fact, I never install any release that comes out shortly before a Hackathon, as it's obsolete and missing all the cool features that will come out shortly, and I'll just have to get -current anyways, best to do it in one shot ;)

This is great news, finally there's being some effort put into SMP! The lack of SMP is the only reason I can't use OpenBSD as a database server, something that I desperately want to do in order to be able to operate on a single platform.
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1. By Anonymous Coward () on 2003-05-17 13:14
  
  Doh, it was gonna be I (lt) Heart (gt)...
  
  I <heart> Hackathons!
  Comments
  1. By Anonymous Coward () on 2003-05-17 09:10
    
    uhm... "heart" isn't a verb.
    
    "I heart hackathons" doesn't make any more sense than "I Hackathons"
    
    Comments
    
    By Jeffrey () on 2003-05-17 11:54
    
    Oh, come on now...
    It makes sense .. It's obvious what the poster means.
    
    All in good fun! YAY for hackathons! Weeeheehe =)
    
    By Anonymous Coward () on 2003-05-17 15:45
    
    Have you never read a bumper sticker in your life, ever?
    
    Jesus, language purists make me sick.
  2. By robotnator () on 2003-05-19 16:22
By Anonymous Coward () on 2003-05-17 04:46

I'd like to see UBC before SMP, but I don't get to tell the developers what they are interested in doing :)
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1. By Anonymous Coward () on 2003-05-17 23:39
  
  What the heck is UBC?
  Comments
  1. By Iota () on 2003-05-18 13:52
    
    unified buffer cache.
    Just a google search of "UBC+BSD" came up with an article posted earlier on this very site!
    http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20020721011337
By Anonymous Coward () on 2003-05-20 01:18

Is biglock ok? Is it the best and most suitable way to handle multiple CPUs?

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