Re: SMP Support

"Michael J. Emswiler" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.micro-kernel.l4.l4ka.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Wow, that is great to hear!

I noticed at the bottom of that webpage ( http://l4hq.org/arch/amd64/ ) 
the last line lists "no multiprocessor support" -- hence my inquiry.

I am assembling a quad processor Opteron system for my personal use and 
would love to help out with testing or any way I can.

I am interested in Intel's EMT64 as our systems at the office are all 
multiprocessor Xeons.

I will keep an eye on source control for those check-ins ... or will 
there likely be a message posted to this list?  I am new to the list and 
not familiar with the standards and procedures for features additions to 
the repository and announcements on the mailing list.

Ultimately, i am interested in getting DROPS running on top of Pistachio 
with SMP.  If others are working on this as well, please let me know if 
i can help there too.

Thanks again and keep up the great work (and let me know how i can help),
MikeE

Jan Stoess wrote:
> Hello Michael,	
>
>   
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]
>> karlsruhe.de] On Behalf Of Michael Emswiler
>> Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 7:31 PM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: SMP Support
>>
>> Thanks for your prompt reply.
>>
>> I am really looking for answers to the following questions:
>>
>> 1.  Is anyone currently working on SMP for AMD64?
>> 2.  Is anyone currently working on SMP for EMT64?
>> 3.  If so, who should I contact so I can offer assistance?
>>     
>
> We actually have completed SMP support for AMD64/EM64T very recently.
> The stuff is still being evaluated and not checked in, though. Expect
> that to take place in the near future. 
>
> For your information, there is an AMD64-specific subpage on our
> headquarter website at http://l4hq.org/arch/amd64/ 
>
> Regards,
> -Jan
>
>
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