Subject: Re: Announce: DEC AlphaServer 8400 is coming
To: James Buchanan <jamesb.au@iinet.net.au>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@shagadelic.org>
List: port-alpha
Date: 07/18/2005 08:55:40
On Jul 18, 2005, at 12:08 AM, James Buchanan wrote:
> My understanding from the NetBSD FAQ is that NetBSD will use only
> one of its CPUs. I hope to change this and work on NetBSD Alpha to
> use all available CPUs. Anyone who wants to help is welcome.
It is possible that multi-cpu operation will, in fact, work on these
systems now. When that FAQ was written, NetBSD did not have MP support.
Of course, it could be broken, too :-) I worked with 8200/8400
systems for several years, and I will be happy to provide insight on
that hardware platform when needed, as my (unfortunately somewhat
constrained) time allows.
-- thorpej