re: No asm/smp.h == no compile (fwd)

Jim Nance (Jim_Nance@avanticorp.com)
Mon, 18 Mar 1996 10:49:28 -0500 (EST)


Forwarded message:
> From crook@rdgeng.enet.dec.com Mon Mar 18 10:02:50 1996

> Well, I don't think we accept that any of our Alpha machines are low-end ;-)
> Having said that, the major drive for Linux on Alpha has come from within
> Digital's semiconductor organisation (Digital Semiconductor) and DS have
> no multiprocessor chipsets or hardware platforms. Therefore, it is unlikely
> that there will be any point in doing Alpha SMP for a year or two.

Sorry, I only meant low end in a relitive sense :-) The lowest performance
MP AXP based machine I know of is an AlphaStation 2100, and as you know
that is a really hot machine.

I assume that Digitals thinking was that its easier to make fast uniprocessor
machines than it would be to try to get the same cost/speed ratio from
a multiprocessor machine.

Jim