Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 15 Sep 2004 16:55:53 +0200 (CEST) | From | Tomasz Rola <> | Subject | Re: PCI coprocessors |
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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.
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