There are already 3D-Now! patches to the 2.x.x kernels which enable things
like proc to recognize the K6-2 processors. The K-7 SMP spec should be
compatable with today's SMP.
I've got running a dual p-2 system running now with high success.
Although SMP is possible with 2.0.x kernels, the best luck can be had with
the development kernels (2.1.x) and the future pipedream kernels (2.2).
Check out:
http://www.nb.net/~rob/amd/amd.html # 3DNow! for Linux
http://hssun5.cs.uni-sb.de/~chorn/linux_smp.html # Linux SMP
http://www.irisa.fr/prive/mentre/smp-faq/ # Linux SMP FAQ
Peter Lukas
On Fri, 13 Nov 1998, Matthew Hixson wrote:
> AMD announced the K-7: http://www.amd.com/news/prodpr/9882.html
>
> Sounds like it'll do SMP:
> "...a programmable high-performance backside L2 cache interface, and a
> 200 MHz Alpha EV6-compatible system bus interface with support for
> scalable multiprocessing."
>
> Could anyone tell me if Linux should work on such a machine, SMP or
> otherwise?
> Thanks,
> -M@
>
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