<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="SGML-Tools 1.0.9"> <TITLE>Linux SMP HOWTO: Alpha architecture specific questions</TITLE> <LINK HREF="SMP-HOWTO-8.html" REL=next> <LINK HREF="SMP-HOWTO-6.html" REL=previous> <LINK HREF="SMP-HOWTO.html#toc7" REL=contents> </HEAD> <BODY> <A HREF="SMP-HOWTO-8.html">Next</A> <A HREF="SMP-HOWTO-6.html">Previous</A> <A HREF="SMP-HOWTO.html#toc7">Contents</A> <HR> <H2><A NAME="s7">7. Alpha architecture specific questions</A></H2> <P> <P> <H2><A NAME="ss7.1">7.1 Which Alpha machines are supported ?</A> </H2> <P>(<B>Geerten Kuiper</B>) SMP works for most, if not all, AXP servers. <P>(<B>Jay A Estabrook</B>) SMP does seem to work on most of our [Compaq] boxes with 2 or more CPUs. That includes : <UL> <LI> AS2000/2100 (SABLE)</LI> <LI> AS4000/4100 (RAWHIDE)</LI> <LI> DS20 (DP264)</LI> <LI> GS320 (see the <A HREF="http://lwn.net/daily/gs320.php3">bootlog for a 31 CPUs machine</A>)</LI> </UL> <P>It does not include : <UL> <LI> AS2100A (LYNX)</LI> <LI> TurboLaser bigboys (8200/8400)</LI> </UL> <P>(<B>Alpha Processor Inc</B>) SMP support has been qualified for all API SMP systems starting from later 2.2-series kernels (approximately kernel 2.2.7). At the time of writing, that is : <UL> <LI> DP264</LI> <LI> UP2000</LI> </UL> See <A HREF="http://www.alpha-processor.com/support/index.shtml">API's support website</A> for more info. <P> <H2><A NAME="ss7.2">7.2 Specific problem related to Alpha SMP support</A> </H2> <P>None (really ? :-) <P> <P> <HR> <A HREF="SMP-HOWTO-8.html">Next</A> <A HREF="SMP-HOWTO-6.html">Previous</A> <A HREF="SMP-HOWTO.html#toc7">Contents</A> </BODY> </HTML>