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  1. Newsgroups: comp.arch
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!gatech!hubcap!ncrcae!endeavor.ColumbiaSC.NCR.COM!jeff
  3. From: jeff@endeavor.ColumbiaSC.NCR.COM (Jeff McElroy x6996)
  4. Subject: Re: Sun 600MP Benchmark Anomaly
  5. Message-ID: <1992Jul23.145502.20975@ncrcae.ColumbiaSC.NCR.COM>
  6. Nntp-Posting-Host: endeavor.columbiasc.ncr.com
  7. Reply-To: Jeff.McElroy@ColumbiaSC.NCR.COM
  8. Organization: NCR Multiprocessor Systems Business Unit
  9. References: <1992Jul15.145220.25434@cis.uab.edu> <13539@auspex-gw.auspex.com> <l6asqqINNhvm@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> <l6c2l5INNcds@appserv.Eng.Sun.COM>
  10. Date: Thu, 23 Jul 92 14:55:01 GMT
  11. Lines: 22
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  13. In article <l6c2l5INNcds@appserv.Eng.Sun.COM>, limes@ouroborous.Eng.Sun.COM (Greg Limes) writes:
  14. |> In article <l6asqqINNhvm@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> jackv@orpheus.Corp.Sun.COM (Jack F. Vogel) writes:
  15. |> | Bravo! Guy is, of course, completely correct. I have always objected
  16. |> | to speaking of the 4.1.2 OS as asymmetric. That should, I feel, designate
  17. |> 
  18. |> So, even though the only asymmetricity in the kernel is the fact that
  19. |> it expects "cpu0" (at MID=8) to boot the system, I am not allowed to
  20. |> call SunOS 4.1.2MP a "symmetric" multiprocessing system.
  21. |> 
  22.  
  23. So, how many processors can take and service interrupts?  
  24.  
  25.  
  26. |> 
  27. |> -- Greg Limes [limes@eng.sun.com]
  28. |>    Galactic Space Cadet
  29.  
  30. -- 
  31. -Jeff McElroy
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