At 7:09 AM +0100 11/13/02, Daniel Eggert wrote:
>Eeehhhh, well I justed wanted to try to run a MP kernel on an old 
>8600 180MP. I thought I could run the -current kernel on an 
>(otherwise) 1.6 machine. Is that not so?
>
>Daniel

That should work fine in general.  Just make sure the compat_16 (or 
whatever) option is specified in the kernel you use.

>On onsdag, nov 13, 2002, at 03:23 Europe/Copenhagen, Chuck Silvers wrote:
>
>>the important fixes for MP support only went into netbsd after 1.6,
>>so someone would have to back-port a substantial amount of code
>>to produce a "1.6 + macppc MP" kernel.  why not just run a -current
>>MP kernel?
>>
>>-Chuck
>>
>>
>>On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 10:33:53AM -0800, Daniel Eggert wrote:
>>>Hi all,
>>>
>>>Does someone have a working multiprocessor kernel for 1.6 that 
>>>he/she could mail me? I'd be very happy.
>>>
>>>Thanks in advance.
>>>
>>>Daniel


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