Title :
Symmetric multiprocessing for the AIX operating system
Author :
Clark, R. ; O´Quin, J. ; Weaver, T.
Author_Institution :
Int. Bus. Machines Corp., Austin, TX, USA
Abstract :
Support for the operation of PowerPC symmetric multiprocessing systems was introduced with Version 4 of the AIX operating system. This paper describes its evolution from the uniprocessor Version 3 implementation. It also discusses the kernel changes to support threads which allow applications to exploit the inherent parallelism of SMP.
Keywords :
data structures; multiprocessing systems; operating systems (computers); AIX operating system; PowerPC; SMP; inherent parallelism; kernel changes; symmetric multiprocessing; uniprocessor Version 3 implementation; Data structures; Dispatching; Kernel; Lifting equipment; Memory architecture; Operating systems; Protection; Signal processing; Switches; Yarn;
Conference_Titel :
Compcon '95.'Technologies for the Information Superhighway', Digest of Papers.
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7029-0
DOI :
10.1109/CMPCON.1995.512372
