Of course people care. Any other answer is silly. On Wed, Dec 09, 2009 at 12:36:10PM -0500, Donald Allen wrote: > On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 11:50 AM, Marco Peereboom <sl...@peereboom.us> wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 09, 2009 at 11:38:28AM -0500, Donald Allen wrote: > >> My understanding is that OpenBSD still employs the Giant Lock approach > >> to SMP, serializing access to kernel services. Is this still true? If > > > > yes > > > >> it is, do Theo and the other kernel developers consider it a priority > >> to improve this? > > > > sure > > > >> > >> (I am NOT complaining. I completely understand that OpenBSD is a labor > >> of love and that development resources are limited and that doing SMP > >> right isn't easy. I'm simply trying to get an idea of whether this is > >> likely to be addressed in the near future or not.) > > > > depends on your definition of near future. > > Sure, I could have phrased it better, because I'm not looking for a > date, just more of a qualitative reading on whether the key people > cared about this or not. > > /Don > > > It will be done when it will > > be done. > > > > > >> > >> /Don Allen
