From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <5635c0230e722ea92c95aec5a5887400@plan9.bell-labs.com> References: <5635c0230e722ea92c95aec5a5887400@plan9.bell-labs.com> From: Venkatesh Srinivas Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2009 20:21:18 -0500 Message-ID: To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [9fans] vga vesa works on mp pc Topicbox-Message-UUID: ad947646-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 7:05 PM, wrote: > I've just pushed out a small change to /sys/src/9/pc/realmode.c that > allows monitor=3Dvesa to work on multiprocessor pcs without *nomp being > defined in plan9.ini (i.e., you can use all available processors [or > cores] and still use vesa mode). =C2=A0I've also pushed out new kernels, = so > the distribution built tonight should include this fix. Cool, thanks! If I read this right, you turn off interrupts on just the CPU executing in realmode. Is the really all that had to be done for vesa to support MP systems? -- vs