Re: K7 SMP

Rich Payne (rdp@talisman.alphalinux.org)
Fri, 23 Apr 1999 20:51:20 -0400 (EDT)


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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