Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 23 Apr 1999 20:51:20 -0400 (EDT) | From | Rich Payne <> | Subject | Re: K7 SMP |
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On Sat, 24 Apr 1999, Paul Jakma wrote:
> On Fri, 23 Apr 1999, Jonathan wrote: > > This may be a stupid question, but how much work will it take to support k7 > SMP..... I understand that's it's based around the alpha processor bus but > that it uses x86 intstruction set. Will there be any trouble in supporting > k7 SMP? .... just asking in advance.... I plan on buying one shortly after > they are released. > > just looked at the alpha/sys_dp264.c code. judging from the beginning > of this file SMP on EV6 isn't supported. So that'd go for K7 too i > guess.
SMP is supported on EV6, at least it seems to run with 2 CPUs on the dual boxes I have access to. I think what you're looking at is interupt handling (somebody please correct me if I'm wrong).
--rdp
Rich Payne rpayne@alphalinux.org www.alphalinux.org
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