Is it just me or does SMP stand for "Symmetric Multi-Processing" where
the word Symmetric implies that all the processors being used are
identical? Or does this Symmetric mean something else (shared memory
model?). I find it strange that you have an SMP computer with different
CPUs and I thought this wasn't possible with Intel chipsets.
It sounds to me like this is a recipe for disaster and no wonder apps
that use time counters break :)
Nicholas Vinen
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On Tue, 28 Mar 2000, Boris Okun wrote:
> "H. Peter Anvin" wrote: > If it works on 80386 and does not > > > work with different TSC's, then it is broken. > > > > > > > TSC's *DO* have the same rate (which varies from machine to machine, > > but on the same machine). They are high-precision realtime clocks. > > > > -hpa > > Well, not always. I am typing this on the computer with P2/400 and > P3/450, > so my TSC's are different. If you search l-k you'll see that I am not > alone. > As I mentioned before, MPS specs actually call for the support of > different TSC's. > > Boris > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >
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