Re: K7 SMP

Daniel Silverstone (D.Silverstone@ucl.ac.uk)
Fri, 23 Apr 1999 23:55:59 +0100


Jonathan wrote:
>
> This may be a stupid question, but how much work will it take to support k7
> SMP..... I understand that's it's based around the alpha processor bus but
> that it uses x86 intstruction set. Will there be any trouble in supporting
> k7 SMP? .... just asking in advance.... I plan on buying one shortly after
> they are released.

Also, are there any problems (hardware wise) with having a dual
processor
system (alpha and K7) and if not, will linux be up there supporting
dual architecture systems or not?

Daniel

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