Re: smp dev

Well, this made roll even harder...

--Toby.

On Wednesday, September 11, "Frank Clements" wrote:
> >well, what sort of encouragement do you wish me to give you?
> 
> how about some head!  :P
> 
> That was childish of me... I was just stating my opinion.
> 
> -Frank
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tobias Weingartner [mailto:[email protected]] 
> Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 4:48 PM
> To: Frank Clements
> Cc: Will Ellis-Adams; [email protected]
> Subject: Re: smp dev 
> 
> 
> 
> And in the frugal tradition of people who don't know better, I'll
> continue this top-posting thread.  Blah, blah, blah, blah.  Even
> I've said in the past the SMP is nice, that I'm interested in
> coding, etc.  Have I gotten anywhere?  Nope.
> 
> Encouragement?  Well, how about the SMP branch?  Why not try to
> compile that branch?  Why not submit a diff that updates that branch
> to -current (keeping all the necessary diffs within it)?  Once that
> is done, why not submit a diff that updates that branch further
> towards SMP'ness?
> 
> Now, if you're telling me you did not know the SMP branch existed...
> well, what sort of encouragement do you wish me to give you?  Go
> away and learn? Take the time (and it will be lots) to become
> proficient, and then come back? Good luck in your quest?  I fail
> to see the logic.
> 
> I did not say that he would not be able to do it.  I just tried to
> point out that if you needed such basic instructions as to where
> to find the SMP branch of the code, and what to do with it, then
> the chances are that it will take some time to get anything done.
> 
> Root on an SMP machine to get SMP done?  HAHAHAHAHAHA, someone
> please pick me up off the floor.  It is a nice gesture, but it does
> show that the person has not done kernel development before.  At
> least on a PC.  You *might* be able to do so on some decent hardware,
> but it certainly will not be pleasant.
> 
> Holier then thou?  Hell no, but much more realistic than thou...
> 
> --Toby.
> 
> On Wednesday, September 11, "Frank Clements" wrote:
> > One place you are always guaranteed words of encouragement is the
> > @openbsd.org mailing lists!  Just makes you want to go out and learn
> it
> > all just to be told by someone you don't know that you'll never be
> able
> > to do it!
> > 
> > Will Ellis-Adams: Someone should have said 'thanks for the offer' but
> > they are to busy with their holier then thou attitudes.
> > 
> > my .02 cents
> > 
> > -Frank
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Tobias Weingartner [mailto:[email protected]] 
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 3:56 PM
> > To: Will Ellis-Adams
> > Cc: [email protected]
> > Subject: Re: smp dev 
> > 
> > 
> > On Tuesday, September 10, "Will Ellis-Adams" wrote:
> > > Is there anyone out there coding SMP?  I would really like to see
> SMP
> > on
> > > OpenBSD. I am trying to learn how the OBSD kernel functions and how
> to
> > > implement SMP but this is going to take me a while. Does anyone have
> > some
> > > resources that could help me in this specific area? If there is
> anyone
> > who
> > > wants to program on an SMP machine and does not have access to one I
> > can offer
> > > remote access on a sparcstation 20 with a dual ROSS hypersparc
> 100mhz
> > board.
> > > Root if need be. I could also possibly allow access to an HP dual
> > Intel Ppro
> > > 200mhz server. Just drop an e-mail to [email protected]
> > 
> > Hmm...  if you do not have any knowledge of traditional BSD/unix
> > kernels, and you expect to be able to code up SMP, good luck.  It
> > will take you more than just a little while...
> > 
> > --Toby.
> > 

--Toby.
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