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From: iialan@iifeak.swan.ac.uk (Alan Cox)
Subject: Re: Port to multicpu ??
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In article <46pg5e$nkc@pirates.cs.swt.edu> tm@astros.cs.swt.edu (Tom F McCabe) writes:
>Has anyone ported Minix version ?? for a multiple cpu
>pc - e.g. one that follows Intel's Multiprocessor Model
>or something like that?

We have a basic Linux port to Intel MP1.1 compliant boards. I wouldn't be
interested in getting involved in a minix project for it but I can probably
help you with references and clues.

Be warned some stuff in the manuals is wrong (notably stuff like clearing
the APIC error register) and you need at least C stepping pentia for total
reliability. On the whole its not too bad, just locking and getting cross
CPU TLB flushes working.

Alan
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