In a message dated 6/24/03 11:41:04 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << There was no way to allocate separate tasks to specific processors within any given application. >>
Nor should there be any requirement for "processor affinity", given that all processors were identical. In one IBM implementation of multi-processing, not PPC, processors were assigned an integer from 0 to 15 (X'-0' to X'-F') and by convention this was ORed with X'C-' giving a "processor ID" of X'C0' through X'CF'. Sadly, only X'C1' through X'C9' were "graphic" (printable) characters, but that fact really didn't matter as the supervisor control component still understood that X'C0' meant processor ID X'0' (0) and X'CF' meant processor ID X'F' (15). The dump formatter component translated the unprintable X'C0' and X'CA' through X'CF', and the printable X'C1' through X'C9' to printable characters "00" through "15". -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
