[SunRescue] HOW useful 690/MP

[Gregory Leblanc]

hmm, hadn't considered that.  :)  But I was under the impression that it was
possible (according to the 68K design specs) to make multiprocessor 68K
machines.  Anybody know differently?
	Greg

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martin Frost [mailto:martin at dsres.com]
> Sent: Monday, September 13, 1999 1:30 PM
> To: rescue at sunhelp.org
> Subject: Re: [SunRescue] HOW useful 690/MP
> 
> 
> Gregory Leblanc wrote:
> 
> > I don't believe that there is a "minimum" processor for MP, per say.
> > I'm reasonably sure that the S/Linux port runs MP, but quite so sure
> > about the Sun 68K based machines.
> 
> Were there any multiprocessor sun3? I've never heard of any (other
> than filling up spare slots in a 3/2xx chassis with 3/60 boards,
> which doesn't really count).
> 
> Linux/m68k doesn't support multiprocessing, anyway.
> 
> FYI, Linux/sun3 now has SCSI almost as fast as NFS. ;)
> 
> --m
> 
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