I believe a more innovative fix would be to have an asm/smp.h that defines
only one processor. :-) Since some people are (obviously) compiling the
kernel, it must exist.
>Actually, now that I
> think about it, I don't know that anyone makes a low-end AXP based
> system. Does anyone know?
I do not know of anyone who is shipping a multi-processor "low-end" AXP system
other than the ones that Digital is producing, assuming you consider them
"low-end". I would love to see a multi-processor Alpha motherboard that
could be easily turned into an "SBC".
> Another point of interest. I heard a rumor that Linus was going to
> do the UltraSparc port. If this is true, will he be the only person
> who has ported a 64 bit OS to more than 1 architecture?
Again, it depends on what you consider an "operating system". OSF/1 MACH
has been ported to both Alpha and the PowerPC, although I am not sure if the
PowerPC Linux environment is "64-bit". And I am not sure what CMU itself
has done along the 64-bit lines. And since Linus doing the UltraSparc port
is still "future", only time will tell if he is "first" or not.
Offhand, I would say that Linux has a "bleeding edge".
md
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