Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 07:56:05 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@mat.net> To: Steve Passe <smp@csn.net> Cc: FreeBSD-SMP@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: SMP Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970428075445.24289D-100000@Journey2.mat.net> In-Reply-To: <199704280541.XAA24080@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com>
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On Sun, 27 Apr 1997, Steve Passe wrote: > Hi, > > > I am looking for FreeBSD info, not Sun info. Heck, the Frontiers book > > has a sum total of 4 pages on architectures, none of which is about > > FreeBSD. I don't want all that much, a parapgraph or two on what I asked > > would do. Could Steve or Peter do that? > > > > I don't need to know how semaphores work. I want to know how FreeBSD SMP > > semaphores differ from the FreeBSD non-SMP semaphores (for instance). > > We realize that general documents are in order on a lot of issues. Right now, > with the merge into -current and all, we are just too busy writing the code! > I have setup a page on the website to start collecting whitepapers on these > subjects, now we just need to find time to write them. My first paper will > probably be a discussion of the APIC I/O system, from the point of view of > its actual implimentation, and the WHYs of how it is written. Actually, your previous comment was what I was looking for. I figure when I get time to march thru the code, I'll figure the rest out, but I want to understand who's executing what to be able to understand any failures. > > -- > Steve Passe | powered by > smp@csn.net | Symmetric MultiProcessor FreeBSD > > > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 9120 Edmonston Ct #302 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 3.0 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
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