Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 20 Dec 2002 03:24:01 -0800 | From | William Lee Irwin III <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH][2.4] generic cluster APIC support for systems with more than 8 CPUs |
| |
On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 06:04:55PM -0800, James Cleverdon wrote: >> A generic patch should also support Unisys' new box, the ES7000 or >> some such.
On Fri, Dec 20, 2002 at 08:00:50AM +0000, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > That box needs more changes than just the apic setup. Unfortunately > unisys thinks they shouldn't send their patches to lkml, but when you see > them e.g. in the suse tree it's a bit understandable that they don't want > anyone to really see their mess :) > And btw, the box isn't that new, but three years ago or so when they first > showed it on cebit they even refused to talk about linux due to their > restrictive agreements with Microsoft..
Kevin, you're the only lkml-posting contact point I know of within Unisys. Is there any chance you could flag down some of the ia32 crew there for some commentary on this stuff? (or do so yourself if you're in it)
Thanks, Bill - 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/
| |