SMP-Fiasco,Compare it with QNX

[Michael Hohmuth]

"Gottfried F. Zojer" <go.enzoy at carinthia.com> writes:

> First I was a OS/2 Programmer also using the Watcom-Compiler.For the
> reason that the support of IBM was uncalculatable I tried to find
> something different there I can use my Watcom skills.And I found
> QNX.But it was simple to expensive for my use but I was thrilled from
> it s abilities.So I will ask some question to the list in the hope of
> feedback.
> 1)Tried somebody to compile FIASCO with a different compiler then GNU
> GCC

No.  I don't think that adapting the code to a different compiler
would be a big problem, but so far nobody thought this to be a
worthwile project.

> 2)Are there any plans to support SMP or other forms to use this
> kernel in High Performance Computing or Clustering.

We plan to add SMP support, but haven't yet committed any resources to
this project.

> 3)From QNX I own the Demodisk(IAT-Internet Appliances Toolkit).Exist
> something similar for FIASCO and DROPS.

Not yet, but this is a good idea.  Maybe later this year... ;)

> 4)Tried somebody FIASCO kernel on Embedded products from AMD and
> Jumptec.

No; we don't have access to this hardware.  But we do want to support
it, and we're willing to work with anyone planning to get Fiasco going
on it.

Cheers,
Michael
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