Re: Asymmetric multiprocessing?

Rik van Riel (H.H.vanRiel@phys.uu.nl)
Sun, 3 May 1998 01:10:03 +0200 (MET DST)


On Sat, 2 May 1998, Alan Cox wrote:

> > systems like Amiga/68k + Linux/PPC. Memory bus congestion is probably
> > going to be a serious problems since those card have not been designed with
> > the memory bandwith to supply both cpus.
> >
> > For above configuration I'd say ignore the '020. It just produces very
> > serious congestion of the memory bus on the motherboard.
>
> Or use it as a glorified DMA controller/IRQ buffer

I've got a DIAB Data DS90-30 right next to me,
with a dual 68030 CPU and an I/O card with a
68020 onboard...
SMP 68k, before I got the box I didn't even
know it was possible :)

Rik.
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