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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Symmetric Multi-Processing
Date: Mon, 06 May 1996 14:27:22 -0700
Organization: Me
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Matthew Jason White wrote:
]
] Excerpts from netnews.comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc: 4-May-96 Re:
Symmetric
] Multi-Processing by Terry Lambert@lambert.or
] > Yes. That is one of the developement platforms.
] >
] > I have an ASUS PCI/ISA board and Peter Wemm has an ASUS/EISA
] > board.
] >
] > There are several other boards being worked on, but unless
] > you work at Intel, you are unlikely to have access to them.
] >
] > Someone with a Compaq SMP box needs to jump in. 8-).
]
] So is alot of this stuff motherboard specific, or do you expect that
] eventually we'll run on most SMP platforms?
There is an assumption in the "probe" code of specific (type 2
from the MP spec, from memory) information, which Intel and ASUS
boards both implement (INtel boards implement all 3).
It is expected that all boards compliant with the Intel Version
1.1 and above Multiprocessing Specification, will eventually be
supported.
This means ~1.5 additional pieces of probe-code.
Terry Lambert
terry@lambert.org
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