Re: status of NetBSD SMP support

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On 14 February 2016 at 02:30, Erik Fair <[email protected]> wrote:

> The cores are coming! The cores are coming!
>
> The next round of Intel Xeon chips have core-counts in tens. UltraSPARC
> Niagara (T1, T2, et alia) have had lots of cores for quite some years.
> Multicore ARMs are in all mid-to-high-end smartphones & tablet computers.
>
> Can the NetBSD kernel use them all efficiently & effectively?
>
> Have the user land applications which can be parallelized been
> parallelized?
>
> What is the current status of NetBSD SMP system support? Which kernel
> subsystems still need work, and which are done?
>
>
Bit late reply, but we have had support for upto 256 CPUs for ages now.

I don't know much about userland though.


-- 
~~Cherry

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te">On 14 February 2016 at 02:30, Erik Fair <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=
=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt;</span=
> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;bo=
rder-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">The cores are coming! The cores =
are coming!<br>
<br>
The next round of Intel Xeon chips have core-counts in tens. UltraSPARC Nia=
gara (T1, T2, et alia) have had lots of cores for quite some years. Multico=
re ARMs are in all mid-to-high-end smartphones &amp; tablet computers.<br>
<br>
Can the NetBSD kernel use them all efficiently &amp; effectively?<br>
<br>
Have the user land applications which can be parallelized been parallelized=
?<br>
<br>
What is the current status of NetBSD SMP system support? Which kernel subsy=
stems still need work, and which are done?<br>
<br></blockquote><div><br>Bit late reply, but we have had support for upto =
256 CPUs for ages now.<br><br></div><div>I don&#39;t know much about userla=
nd though.<br></div></div><br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br><div class=3D"gmail_=
signature" data-smartmail=3D"gmail_signature">~Cherry</div>
</div></div>

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