Date: Sun, 5 May 2002 19:11:57 -0700 From: Arun Sharma <arun-public@sharma-home.net> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hlt when idle? Message-ID: <20020506021157.GA30659@sharma-home.net> In-Reply-To: <3CD022A2.FACD21E9@mindspring.com> References: <15567.62317.677224.3470@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <3CD022A2.FACD21E9@mindspring.com>
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On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 10:15:14AM -0700, Terry Lambert wrote: Terry, > In theory, you want to run in "virtual wire mode", which means > that the CPUs get the interrupt, and then contend in order to > see who services it. I think you're confused between "virtual wire mode" and the "Symmetric I/O mode" for quite some time (going by your previous messages on the topic). Virtual wire mode is for DOS compatibility. Symmetric I/O mode is what most MP operating systems use. -Arun To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message
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