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From: leimy2k@gmail.com (David Leimbach)
Subject: [9fans] cores a go go
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 07:12:54 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3FCFCCDD-D561-4212-9CD5-27D3606E5654@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <f8363beadbbae15ba4da1adac805b16e@brasstown.quanstro.net>

Nice!

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On Mar 30, 2011, at 9:39 PM, erik quanstrom <quanstro at quanstro.net> wrote:

> i rerolled the atom cd today with some noticable changes
> for mp systems.
> 
> 1.  apic handling has changed.  the mp code can now handle
> apic ids > 7.  this can affect machines with fewer than 8 cores,
> especially intel 2xxx-series and xeon 56xx-series processors.
> 
> 2.  the apic code has a hack to find intel ht processors, even
> when there is no mp table entry.  (as per usual.)  you might
> see twice as many cores.
> 
> 3.  msi interrupts are now the default.  see apic(3).
> http://www.quanstro.net/magic/man2html/3/apic
> 
> this has been tested on a variety of phenom ii, opteron c32, intel 5[56]xx.
> intel core i7, intel atom, and pentium iv systems from 2-24 cores.
> but i'd be interested in hearing of any success/failure.
> 
> - erik
> 



      reply	other threads:[~2011-03-31 14:12 UTC|newest]

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2011-03-31  4:39 erik quanstrom
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