Date: Tue, 06 May 1997 15:26:55 -0600 From: Steve Passe <smp@csn.net> To: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov> Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>, "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@freebsd.org>, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: One last call for a show of hands on the ALPHA port... Message-ID: <199705062126.PAA01309@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 06 May 1997 14:04:53 PDT." <199705062104.OAA21144@lestat.nas.nasa.gov>
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Hi, > In general, though, if FreeBSD is going to even bother with the alpha: > > (2) change your "SMP" model... the current FreeBSD SMP code > seems to be the wrong approach to me. It feels like there > is a bunch of "this is a PC operating system" assumptions > in code that's in sys/kern (i.e. init_smp.c). Also, this is true, primarily because it evolved in an OS that is only a PC operating system (at this point). I want to see the alpha docs now so that I can start to rethink the model in a more portable way. -- Steve Passe | powered by smp@csn.net | Symmetric MultiProcessor FreeBSD
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