> Most other OS's out there can find and use these machines extra CPU's, So I
> presume Compaq will or has released the code ??
When we were doing the original Linux/SMP Compaq refused to provide open
specs to their boxes. Had they done so them (1.3.4x) I imagine it would have
been supported. One of the early Linux/SMP efforts was in fact using
4 CPU compaqs but Compaq wouldnt let them release the code in question
> Maybe it isn't all that different from the Normal Multiprocessor spec ??
> Than again maybe it is ??
If its like the 2 CPU one then it is simply a latch each CPU can use to
set the IRQ 13 line state on the others. The two CPU one is documented
in the MACH sources.
> Seems the linux drivers were only written to look for an ncr53x710
> controller on the PCI bus. And Compaq implements it on the EISA bus.
The basic 710 and 810 are very different beasties.
Alan
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