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List:       linux-kernel
Subject:    Re: SMP scalability: 8 -> 32 CPUs
From:       Erik Walthinsen <omega () cse ! ogi ! edu>
Date:       1998-11-30 23:45:46
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On Mon, 30 Nov 1998, David S. Miller wrote:
>    From: Rik van Riel <H.H.vanRiel@phys.uu.nl>
>    That, of course, will change when someone donates one of
>    those old 8-CPU [34]86 SMP machines from Compaq or Sequent
>    to one of the scheduler hackers :))  <hint, hint>
> It's happened already... ahem... what did I say... silly me

Someone was prepared to donate an old 32-proc Sequent machine (S81: 386/20
procs, maybe 256MB RAM, couple SCSI channels and disks) to Alan Cox a
while ago (6mo?) but he was unable to find anywhere to put it (7ft x 3ft x
4ft, needs 3-phase, heats your house, etc.) at the time.  Perhaps if
someone has space in a data center to put it, and it still exists, someone
could get it online (after shipping it from France or somesuch) and let
people port to it.

A good starting place would be Mach, which was ported to that exact
machine a while ago by a professor I work with.  I think all the hardware
needed for this large machine is supported by the Mach port, which is
still available somewhere...

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