Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266273AbUIOOyh (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Sep 2004 10:54:37 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266274AbUIOOyh (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Sep 2004 10:54:37 -0400 Received: from chello062179026180.chello.pl ([62.179.26.180]:39859 "EHLO pioneer.space.nemesis.pl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266273AbUIOOye (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Sep 2004 10:54:34 -0400 Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 16:55:53 +0200 (CEST) From: Tomasz Rola To: Andre Bonin cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Tomasz Rola Subject: Re: PCI coprocessors In-Reply-To: <41483BD3.4030405@bonin.ca> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1856 Lines: 52 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 15 Sep 2004, Andre Bonin wrote: > Hey all, [...] > Which leads me to my questions: > > 1) Is their support for having two different 'machine types' within one > kernel? that is for example, certain executables for intel would get run > on an intel processor, and others would get run on processor with type XXXX. There are probably no impossible things - some may be unthinkable but once they are thought of, they can be done too. But this one thing may be rather difficult (just my opinion). How about porting kernel and gcc to your fp-cpu and use pci as a kind of fast network-like interconnect? After loading a kernel into it somehow, boot it with nfs root and run the rest from nfs server that would be provided by a host Intel machine. That would require less changes to a kernel, probably. A module for a host, for example - some "pci-net". And port of a kernel to your fp-cpu which should be easier than putting support for heterogenous multiprocessors... bye T. - -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** ** As the answer, master did "rm -rif" on the programmer's home ** ** directory. And then the C programmer became enlightened... ** ** ** ** Tomasz Rola mailto:tomasz_rola@bigfoot.com ** -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 5.0i for non-commercial use Charset: noconv iQA/AwUBQUhX/xETUsyL9vbiEQKAlACg9Rv6rD8INCQFItk1/s5OfZbXjukAn2Mp PGjv6ihFXwTInSn8nu3ZOKpu =E5XU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/