Adding Symmetric Multiprocessing to Amiga UNIX.

[Erik Funkenbusch]

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xanthian at zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Kent Paul Dolan) writes:
>
> dvp at sequent.com (Dan Vander Ploeg) writes:
>> Marc Barrett:
>
>>> Although this version of UNIX does not support symmetric
>>> multiprocessing as it is written, other companies -- including
>>> Solbourne, Sequent, Corollary, Pyramid, Encore, ALR, and Compaq --
>>> have successfully modified older versions of AT&T UNIX System V to
>>> support symmetric multiprocessing.
>
>> It was announced a few months ago that Sequent is working with AT&T to
>> add SMP to SYS V.
>
>And of course, the really interesting case is not the rather imbalanced
>'040/'030 pair, but the situation when several '040's are slotted in.
>
>There have already been successful experiments distributing graphics
>processing of the sort useful for multimedia work across networked
>cpu's.  It would probably work a lot better to distribute similar tasks
>across a fast bus with common memory, instead.

Well, i just recently recieved my 68040 users manual and designers handbook
from motorola, and notice some interesting things.  for instance it would be
quite usable to have an 040/030 pair with the 040's bus snooping capabilites. 
the dual mmu's in the 040 would also make it easy to protect data memory,
while allowing re-entrant code to function properly.  they even give complete
diagrams and pal coding for an adapter board to fit into an 030 system.

>
>Anybody want to bring up Linda on the Amiga?  ;-)
>
>Kent, the man from xanth.
><xanthian at Zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> <xanthian at well.sf.ca.us>


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