From: Steve Simon <steve@quintile.net>
To: 9fans <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan9 multi-core support
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2023 16:25:59 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <A9B4EBAE-E3B6-4E80-A153-24F191332F34@quintile.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1790306295.1334479.1693225975991@mail.yahoo.com>
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> Plan 9 first edition came out in 1992, at a time when multicore didn't exist, and multicore was released with IBM's Power 4 in 2001.
possibly true but multi-cpu boxes where becoming quite popular in the late 1980s and these have very similar kernel design challenges to multicore architectures.
one of the 1st edition’s target hosts where sgi numa machines (challenge 2s i think)
what i am saying is the plan9 kernel supported multiple processors from the very early days.
i wonder if the lost vax kernel supported multiple cpu's (or maybe is was kenfs only?).
Steve
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2023-08-26 19:33 dusan3sic
2023-08-26 22:40 ` ori
2023-08-26 23:52 ` Rob Pike
2023-08-27 1:27 ` Don Bailey
2023-08-27 9:49 ` dusan3sic
2023-08-27 10:56 ` dusan3sic
2023-08-27 11:32 ` Michael Grunditz
2023-08-27 21:49 ` ori
2023-08-28 12:32 ` G B via 9fans
2023-08-28 15:25 ` Steve Simon [this message]
2023-08-28 17:10 ` mkf
2023-08-28 18:20 ` Kurt H Maier via 9fans
2023-08-29 6:21 ` Steve Simon
2023-08-29 7:36 ` Rob Pike
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2023-08-27 8:54 ` mkf
2023-08-27 12:23 ` Dan Cross
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