A big reason for doing Plan 9, as the linked article says right up top, was
supporting multi{core|processor} machines. And that took some research
because there really hadn't been that many around to write OSes for before
then. Some novel work resulted, work that still has relevance.-rob On Sun, Aug 27, 2023 at 8:41 AM <o...@eigenstate.org> wrote: > Quoth dusan3...@gmail.com: > > Does plan9 have multi-core support? If it does, how does it manage it > (what files/man pages/docs do I read). If it doesn't have, how would I > implement it. > > read: https://doc.cat-v.org/plan_9/4th_edition/papers/9 > and once again, read: https://www.mikeash.com/getting_answers.html > > (hint: multiprocessor means the same thing as multicore) > > > If it doesn't have, how would I implement it. > > it already has it, but if it didn't -- were incapable of finding out > if we have multicore support, what makes you would be able to implement it? > ------------------------------------------ 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T912e4838cb1a371f-M0a5984a2228bdd4fb5b8e1f2 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
