Q: Have you already worked with OSs supporting multiprocessing? A: We have compiled Kernel OS Linux 2.0.34 using Elbrus compiler and executed on the machine simulator.
I may be wrong here, but I really thought that SMP support for the linux kernel was only available in the 2.1.x and the 2.2.x series of the kernel. Is it just that they run the non-SMP kernel on an SMP simulation???
Linux has XFree86, Mesa, and now SGI's GLX. This sets the stage for Linux as a very affordable and accesible workstation for 3D applications. But,we need more dirvers to exploit all the high-performance cards available for PCs. To get that we need specs released. 3dfx needs to remember that Riva, ATI, and Matrox do their own thing as far as 3D and they don't have to hoard their code/specs. If they don't want to commit resources to developing drivers for linux, then let someone who wants to do so. This applies to all companies. It allows them to expand their user-base and promote their products as well as getting bug-fixes and better performance in the long run through an open driver development scheme.
Maybe I am just ranting here, but I hate that my Linux box kicks so much ass for everything I do, yet I still have to throw my STB/Riva TNT card in my Windows box to play games. it aint right.
not that all i do is play games...i write code too...and i drink beer...you know, the important stuff.
...".com" stands for "company" or "commercial". GNU/Linux is about non-proprietary. These two sets are logically disconnected...
Read the post above...non-proprietary does not equal non-commercial.
What is supposed to be so great about Hurd?
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"...Why don't you try something out yourself before questioning its value, and contribute kernel patches before using talking about allocating kernel hacker programming talent. You'll have more of a leg to stand on and you just might learn something along the way..."
Don't be so upset...maybe this guy is a manager. In which case, his actions of making uninformed decisions are actually par for the course.
X (and svgalib) aren't involved here.
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Only if you are doing 2d graphics...like X. Quake does only 3d (basically)...which is why your voodoo (do you have even have one?) switches off your 2d card's output to the monitor when you play games through it.
Likewise, you can have a dual-headed display. One card and monitor for regular 2d stuff like X, and a voodoo with a different monitor for 3d. In this setup...it should be obvious that the 2d card has no effect on the output of the second(3d) monitor. hence...you only need a 2d card to do 2d stuff...you don't need one for 3d voodoo.
or something like that...sorry that was kinda long winded....i've been at work far too long...I'm going home.
Intel owns the FAB.....but the terms of the deal were that Intel was required to make production available to DEC at the same or better quality. (read: Intel owns the FAB...but DEC is still allowed to use it to build Alphas...granted they have to pay Intel, but that is another story)
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Q: Have you already worked with OSs supporting multiprocessing?
A: We have compiled Kernel OS Linux 2.0.34 using Elbrus compiler and executed on the machine simulator.
I may be wrong here, but I really thought that SMP support for the linux kernel was only available in the 2.1.x and the 2.2.x series of the kernel. Is it just that they run the non-SMP kernel on an SMP simulation???
Linux has XFree86, Mesa, and now SGI's GLX. This sets the stage for Linux as a very affordable and accesible workstation for 3D applications. But,we need more dirvers to exploit all the high-performance cards available for PCs. To get that we need specs released. 3dfx needs to remember that Riva, ATI, and Matrox do their own thing as far as 3D and they don't have to hoard their code/specs. If they don't want to commit resources to developing drivers for linux, then let someone who wants to do so. This applies to all companies. It allows them to expand their user-base and promote their products as well as getting bug-fixes and better performance in the long run through an open driver development scheme.
Maybe I am just ranting here, but I hate that my Linux box kicks so much ass for everything I do, yet I still have to throw my STB/Riva TNT card in my Windows box to play games. it aint right.
not that all i do is play games...i write code too...and i drink beer...you know, the important stuff.
Read the post above...non-proprietary does not equal non-commercial.
"...Why don't you try something out yourself before questioning its value, and contribute kernel patches before using talking about allocating kernel hacker programming talent. You'll have more of a leg to stand on and you just might learn something along the way..."
Don't be so upset...maybe this guy is a manager. In which case, his actions of making uninformed decisions are actually par for the course.
Only if you are doing 2d graphics...like X. Quake does only 3d (basically)...which is why your voodoo (do you have even have one?) switches off your 2d card's output to the monitor when you play games through it.
Likewise, you can have a dual-headed display. One card and monitor for regular 2d stuff like X, and a voodoo with a different monitor for 3d. In this setup...it should be obvious that the 2d card has no effect on the output of the second(3d) monitor. hence...you only need a 2d card to do 2d stuff...you don't need one for 3d voodoo.
or something like that...sorry that was kinda long winded....i've been at work far too long...I'm going home.
Intel owns the FAB.....but the terms of the deal were that Intel was required to make production available to DEC at the same or better quality. (read: Intel owns the FAB...but DEC is still allowed to use it to build Alphas...granted they have to pay Intel, but that is another story)