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From: jmk@plan9.bell-labs.com
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] multiprocessor
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 11:29:14 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5a1c53f4cafaf5d2bf3804056f838065@plan9.bell-labs.com> (raw)

On Tue Sep 17 22:58:19 EDT 2002, afrayedknot@thefrayedknot.armory.com wrote:
> I have an older system that claims to be able to run two processors. Its
> an ast premmia gx p/90 (stunning i know). Ive got two p90's in it and
> the jumpers set properly, the kernel i built for it has the arch mp
> apic line in the misc section also. But alas I cannot get it to find
> both processors. Is this because of intel's pathetic attempts at smp
> early on? or is there something else i may be missing?
>
> thanks

Does the system or documentation say anywhere it is MPS 1.1 or 1.4 compatible?
Some early manufacturers rolled their own MP hardware.

We still have dual-P90 systems running.


             reply	other threads:[~2002-09-18 15:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-09-18 15:29 jmk [this message]
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2002-09-18  3:21 anothy
2002-09-18  3:39 ` Andrew
2002-09-18  2:56 Andrew

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