On Dec 3, 2004, at 2:33 PM, Kenneth Marshall wrote:
On Fri, Dec 03, 2004 at 03:20:48PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:PPC tested pretty often by moi RS6000 isn't this same as PPC?This is the IBM Power4 and now Power5 architecture which is different from the PowerPC.
Yeah, it's confusing. I believe that Power3 (also known as PowerPC 630), Power4, and Power5 satisfy the requirements of being both Power architecture and PowerPC architecture processors.
Not all PowerPC processors are Power processors. I believe that all modern Power processors are PowerPC processors (the Power2 "P2SC" was the last non-PowerPC Power processor, IIRC).
IBM's Power architecture has architectural features for Server systems (with a capital S there) that PowerPC for workstations (Apple) and embedded (Moto/IBM) shouldn't be required to have, and is also IBM's own solely-owned branding. Hence the differentiation.
That's what I've pieced together anyway.
You'll probably find multi-OS-testing (various versions of AIX, Linux, MacOS X on PPC and/or PowerPC) much more important than differentiating particular pieces of hardware in the PPC or RS6000 category, assuming both 32-bit and 64-bit is covered and also that SMP tests are made.
Does 'make check' test SMP?
-Travis
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