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Re: Can Debian do multi-core "MY WAY"?

From Joe <joe@jretrading.com>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: Can Debian do multi-core "MY WAY"?
Date 2016-05-14 20:30 +0200
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On Sat, 14 May 2016 12:31:28 -0500
Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> wrote:

> I date from era when when "memory banks" were switched via 
> contents of a I/O port ;/
> Anyone remember era when 8085 was "state of the art" ;/
> 
> I envision
>    core A using memory range X
>    core B using memory range Z
> 
> My individual tasks could be handled by a 2MHz Z80
> 
> Can Debian do it on GHz machine?
> 
> 
> 

It isn't clear why you would need user control at this level, why the
processor and memory allocation systems of the OS will not meet your
needs.

The last time I saw this done was in driving a Solidisk sideways RAM
board on the BBC Micro, and that was done only because the processor
had a very limited addressing capability. It was done very badly...

-- 
Joe

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Can Debian do multi-core "MY WAY"? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-05-14 19:40 +0200
  Re: Can Debian do multi-core "MY WAY"? John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2016-05-14 19:50 +0200
    Re: Can Debian do multi-core "MY WAY"? Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-05-14 20:50 +0200
  Re: Can Debian do multi-core "MY WAY"? Martin Read <zen75502@zen.co.uk> - 2016-05-14 20:20 +0200
  Re: Can Debian do multi-core "MY WAY"? Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-05-14 20:30 +0200
    Re: Can Debian do multi-core "MY WAY"? John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2016-05-14 21:40 +0200
  Re: Can Debian do multi-core "MY WAY"? Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2016-05-14 20:30 +0200
  Re: Can Debian do multi-core "MY WAY"? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2016-05-14 23:00 +0200
    Re: Can Debian do multi-core "MY WAY"? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-05-16 04:20 +0200
    Re: Can Debian do multi-core "MY WAY"? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-05-16 04:20 +0200
      Re: Can Debian do multi-core "MY WAY"? Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org> - 2016-05-16 04:20 +0200

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