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* [9fans] Plan9 and SMP ..?
@ 2000-06-07 13:21 Ish
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From: Ish @ 2000-06-07 13:21 UTC (permalink / raw)


Hello,

With the possible release of Plan9 nearing..

Does anybody know if nest release will support SMP
on Intel plateform (dual pentium scenario)?

- ishwar





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* [9fans] Plan9 and SMP ..?
@ 2000-06-07 15:51 jmk
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From: jmk @ 2000-06-07 15:51 UTC (permalink / raw)


	>Does anybody know if nest release will support SMP
	>on Intel plateform (dual pentium scenario)?

Yes, it will. We've been running on such systems since shortly
after the last release (1995). However, Intel-based SMP systems
are notoriously fickle in conforming to the Multiprocessor Specification
and often some head-scratching is required when things don't just
work.

The system has been run on machines ranging from dual Pentium 90's
up to quad Xeon 400's and the 8 processor Pentium Pro Axil system.
Unfortunately we've not been able to test the new release on all those
systems so some glitches may have re-appeared. By default, as it comes
out the box, the release has SMP operation disabled by an option in
the plan9.ini config file.

--jim




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