[ILUG] SMP & powersaving

[Vincent Cunniffe]

ilug-admin at linux.ie wrote:
> 
> Solaris for X86 ?
> 
>  I think that they have some kind of work around
> for Multi-Sparc boxes so perhaps Solaris for X86 can handle it.
> Or is it a mobo issue ?

Sparcs were always designed for MP systems ;-)

The 80x86 world has always been a lot clumsier, and workarounds
for stuff like interrupts are pretty complicated, and (as I
understand it) interfere badly with other hardware aspects such
as power management.

Vin