On Jun 14, 2016, at 5:13 PM, BALATON Zoltan wrote: > On Tue, 14 Jun 2016, Programmingkid wrote: >> On Jun 14, 2016, at 7:39 AM, qemu-ppc-requ...@nongnu.org wrote: >>> smp_cores is only used by pseries and x86 machines. I expect machines >>> that must be single-socket to disregard smp_sockets altogether. >> >> Could smp support be added to the beigeg3 and mac99 targets? > > I think the machines these are emulating had no SMP so it would not make much > sense. Maybe you'd need to create a new target emulating a Mac model with > multiple CPUs instead or update mac99 to a newer model that had SMP?
http://www.macworld.com/article/1002601/multiprocessor.html You will find this article enlightening. > But what would this bring besides more complexity and more possible bugs? - An emulator that can take better advantage of the host system's multiprocessor offering. - An emulator that can run more programs and still feel responsive. - A simulator for testing how a program behaves in a single and multiprocessor environment.
