OT Linux (RE: [rescue] OT: Stuffed Proliant?)

[Andreas Spångberg]

On Sat, Dec 22, 2001 at 12:55:49AM -0500, Joshua D Boyd wrote:
> Oh.  I wasn't thinking of Ultra Sparcs.  Of course those have large L2s.  I've
> only used regular Sparcs.  I would assume that there is alot the same between
> the sparcs and ultras, but I can't say for sure that the ultras do the same
> things, like register windowing.  Maybe they only have 32 registers and have
> the OS fake it.  I don't think that is what is happening, but I don't know for
> sure.

ultras do register windowing as well, the maximum number of windows is
32 for 528 general purpose registers. For v8s the maximum number is 520
due to the addition of the 8 alternative globals in v9, if memory serves
correct.

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Andreas Spengberg