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Re: Will OS4 have SMP after all
« Reply #89 from previous page: July 26, 2013, 01:07:26 PM »
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Permit() and Fobid() could still be patched to do whatever they want instead of the real thing.

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Re: Will OS4 have SMP after all
« Reply #90 on: July 26, 2013, 01:14:24 PM »
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I do not know what is planned. I personal would wish a kind of compatibility mode so it is possible to run it more compatible to old software or with new features when you only use newer software.
A working SMP implementation wouldn't break compatibility :)

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Re: Will OS4 have SMP after all
« Reply #91 on: July 26, 2013, 01:29:59 PM »
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A working SMP implementation wouldn't break compatibility :)

It was always planned for MorphOS (Qbox), so I don't see why it would be a problem either.
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Re: Will OS4 have SMP after all
« Reply #92 on: July 26, 2013, 01:30:35 PM »
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Re: Will OS4 have SMP after all
« Reply #93 on: July 26, 2013, 02:04:12 PM »
So definitely it won't have the smp route?. So what's the point in modern hardware if it can't live to the standards?
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Re: Will OS4 have SMP after all
« Reply #94 on: July 26, 2013, 02:11:22 PM »
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It was always planned for MorphOS (Qbox), so I don't see why it would be a problem either.


But Qbox itself was never executed, nor any plans towards it were shown. In last discussions at MorphZone x86 transition was ment to replace the Qbox route.

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So definitely it won't have the smp route?. So what's the point in modern hardware if it can't live to the standards?[/QUOTE

It will have some kind of dual core implementation, more when we see how will it work and perform.
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Re: Will OS4 have SMP after all
« Reply #95 on: July 26, 2013, 02:29:22 PM »
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It was always planned for MorphOS (Qbox), so I don't see why it would be a problem either.
Earlier you complained about AROS using UAE as a virtual machine, because of the fact that it would keep the 68k and native environments separate. But now you talk about the QBox, which would be a separate environment from the ABox (what you currently know as MorphOS)... There would be no mixing of environments if the morphOS guys ever decide to develop the QBox side with a user space...

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Re: Will OS4 have SMP after all
« Reply #96 on: July 26, 2013, 02:36:17 PM »
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forbid() is part of the exec.library API, and loads of Amiga software uses it as it is a quick and simple way of locking a resource and making sure your operation is atomic... But for a while now, AROS devs have been encouraged to use alternative locking methods that don't freeze the system.

Also there is no issue with AROS 68k or any other AROS port if AROS gets a working SMP implementation, if the system only have one CPU it will work just as AROS/AmigaOS does now... And key to any implementation is that is doesn't break older software anyway (even if that means the older software might be slowing down the newer software, if that is an issue, don't run the older software or rewrite it to take advantage of the newer systems).


What if a modified exec was running on top of a modified Linux kernel that enabled SMP by distributing Amiga processes across various cores?

A kind of Amithlon on steroids? ;)
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Re: Will OS4 have SMP after all
« Reply #97 on: July 26, 2013, 02:39:38 PM »
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What if a modified exec was running on top of a modified Linux kernel that enabled SMP by distributing Amiga processes across various cores?

A kind of Amithlon on steroids? ;)
That would be one solution ;) ;)

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Re: Will OS4 have SMP after all
« Reply #98 on: July 26, 2013, 02:40:01 PM »
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Earlier you complained about AROS using UAE as a virtual machine, because of the fact that it would keep the 68k and native environments separate. But now you talk about the QBox, which would be a separate environment from the ABox (what you currently know as MorphOS)... There would be no mixing of environments if the morphOS guys ever decide to develop the QBox side with a user space...


Not neccessarily.  Who knows what they would do and how they would do it?

There are many ways to skin a cat as you know Matt. ;)
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Re: Will OS4 have SMP after all
« Reply #99 on: July 26, 2013, 02:42:01 PM »
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Earlier you complained about AROS using UAE as a virtual machine, because of the fact that it would keep the 68k and native environments separate. But now you talk about the QBox, which would be a separate environment from the ABox (what you currently know as MorphOS)... There would be no mixing of environments if the morphOS guys ever decide to develop the QBox side with a user space...

Actually as they would probably feed a common graphic interface, there is always the possibility of transferring info from one to the other.

Again, the concept doesn't resemble UAE which goes out of its way to emulate the entire machine instead of reimplementing what it can natively

For a intelligent dude, your sure are trying hard to miss the point bloodline.
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Re: Will OS4 have SMP after all
« Reply #100 on: July 26, 2013, 02:46:30 PM »
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Not neccessarily.  Who knows what they would do and how they would do it?

There are many ways to skin a cat as you know Matt. ;)
You are, of course, quite right. I'm just remembering how Ralph explained the ABox/QBox separation to me. The idea was to keep the legacy 68k/PPC stuff in the Abox and all the new stuff in the QBox.

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Re: Will OS4 have SMP after all
« Reply #101 on: July 26, 2013, 02:52:09 PM »
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Actually as they would probably feed a common graphic interface, there is always the possibility of transferring info from one to the other.


UAE on AROS and native AROS apps shared a graphical user interface too... That was kind of the point :)

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Again, the concept doesn't resemble UAE which goes out of its way to emulate the entire machine instead of reimplementing what it can natively


The advantage of the 68k emulation in AOS4 and MOS is that the 68k and PPC apps live in the same environment and can share libraries etc... It is only possible because the 68K and PPC are big endien...

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For a intelligent dude, your sure are trying hard to miss the point bloodline.


I don't think you realise that the AROS UAE integration is supposed to be pretty seamless to the user... You might never know UAE is actually running!! :)

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Re: Will OS4 have SMP after all
« Reply #102 on: July 26, 2013, 02:56:10 PM »
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Troll! :razz:

Everyone knows OS4 is the holy grail of modern computing, you Commie Terrorist! ;)


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Surely Minix with AmiWM/X11, Ken's Icons and UAE with AROS 68k is the true future? ;)
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Re: Will OS4 have SMP after all
« Reply #103 on: July 26, 2013, 03:21:44 PM »
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UAE on AROS and native AROS apps shared a graphical user interface too... That was kind of the point :)



The advantage of the 68k emulation in AOS4 and MOS is that the 68k and PPC apps live in the same environment and can share libraries etc... It is only possible because the 68K and PPC are big endien...



I don't think you realise that the AROS UAE integration is supposed to be pretty seamless to the user... You might never know UAE is actually running!! :)


A clone of Trance with seamless byte-swapping would be nice.  Shame Emumiga never got off the ground. :(
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Re: Will OS4 have SMP after all
« Reply #104 on: July 26, 2013, 03:25:02 PM »
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UAE on AROS and native AROS apps shared a graphical user interface too... That was kind of the point :)

Yeah, but you routinely keep ignoring the point that the OS calls don't need to going through interpretation.

What you are talking about is less efficient.
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