Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 16:20:33 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> To: Stephen Roome <steve@visint.co.uk> Cc: Dave Alderman <dave@persprog.com>, hardware@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Pentuim or Pentuim Pro ? Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.95q.970410161940.3473A-100000@skipper.eng.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970410154122.23602M-100000@bagpuss.visint.co.uk>
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On Thu, 10 Apr 1997, Stephen Roome wrote: > > Not for FreeBSD. The basic interprocessor communications is done by the > > APIC hardware, of which there are two flavors: Intel's patented APIC > > design, and everyone else's OpenApic. Only trouble is, all the existing > > motherboards, and FreeBSD's software, support Intel's APIC design, not > > OpenApic. I'm not aware that there's any support in any OS for OpenApic, > > or in any motherboard that's available. > > > So, basically that nothing is going to be multiprocessor > unless either. > 1) Someone rewrites/patches/whatever each OS with OpenApic support. > 2) It's an Intel chip ? > > If so, this is as bad news as Socket-1 for the market.. (is there an > International Monopolies/Mergers commition to stop Intel putting everyone > else out of the market ?) Worse than that, even the motherboards don't support Open Apic designs. Can't get there from here. ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- 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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