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> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Alan DuBoff > Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 4:40 PM > To: Andrei Dorofeev; Eric Schrock > Cc: [email protected]; Felix Schulte > Subject: Re: [osol-code] Re: [osol-discuss] Why is Solaris > x86 limited to 21CPUs? > > On Wednesday 24 August 2005 09:18 pm, Andrei Dorofeev wrote: > > I have a fix which raises NCPU to 32 or 64 (on 32-bit and 64-bit > > kernels), and I tried getting this bug fixed in S10 before > FCS, but I > > couldn't find a good way to test it. Our MP simulator (Simics from > > VirtuTech) failed to come up with more than 8 CPUs. Does anyone on > > this alias have access to a 32+way x86 box? That would be ideal. > > Does one actually exist? I've only seen a Hitachi x86 8-way > once, that never worked correctly, and 4-way is pretty common now. > > I have yet to put my physical hands on a 16-way in the x86 space. > > I'd like to know which x86 manufacturers have 8-way, 16-way, > or 32-way. > > The x86 8-ways are few and far between, I'd like to play with > one of those, I don't even know which if any manufacturers > make them (Tyan has been rumored to be coming out with an > 8-way on the Register). > > -- > > Alan DuBoff - Sun Microsystems > Solaris x86 Engineering > > > _______________________________________________ > opensolaris-code mailing list > [email protected] > https://opensolaris.org:444/mailman/listinfo/opensolaris-code > _______________________________________________ opensolaris-code mailing list [email protected] https://opensolaris.org:444/mailman/listinfo/opensolaris-code
