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Re: TLS support



In article <20111120041558.GA16040%britannica.bec.de@localhost>,
Joerg Sonnenberger  <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost> wrote:
>On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 03:02:36PM +0100, Matthias Drochner wrote:
>> 
>> joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost said:
>> > for a strictly UP platform like M68K
>> 
>> Not so strict -- there are dual-processor 68040
>> implementations, in particular the "cesfic".
>> The NetBSD port doesn't support the second one, and I
>> won't have time for it in the foreseeable future.
>> (There is an OS-9 port for it which runs SMP.)
>
>For all practical purposes, it is UP. If you want SMP support, it can
>still be provided by using the second mechanism and ensuring a
>distinced page on each CPU. That is just quite a bit more work...

If you get the cesfic running SMP, I am sure joerg will happily add SMP
aware TLS support :-)

christos



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