Re: RPi/RPi2 clarification

["William A. Mahaffey III" <wam%hiwaay.net@localhost>]

On 03/20/15 03:04, Nick Hudson wrote:
> On 03/19/15 20:46, William A. Mahaffey III wrote:
> > I see on http://wiki.netbsd.org/ports/evbarm/raspberry_pi/ it says 
> > Raspberry Pi & Pi2 to be part of NetBSD-7. It also says to use 
> > earmv6hf for both boards. I notice a gzimg for rpi under 
> > nerbsd-7/.../earmv6hf/.../gzimgs/. Does that earmv6hf image support 
> > SMP, i.e. multi-core CPU, since RPi2 is a quad core ?
>
> Not yet. The interrupt handling code needs work to allow all CPUs to 
> be used.
>
> > I noticed farther down it says that needs work .... Does it work at 
> > all, or just single core ? TIA & keep up the good work.
> RPI2 works with a single (900Hz) CPU.
>
> Nick

No problema, I was asking because the Odroid-C1 port say it does support 
SMP, I was not (at all) clear on how much cross-over there might be 
between those 2 ports. I am actually leaning (a bit) towards the Odroid, 
so this may be moot .... Thanks again & keep up the good work :-).

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