<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 12 (filtered medium)"><!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
</style><![endif]--><style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Tahoma;
panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Consolas;
panose-1:2 11 6 9 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
pre
{mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-link:"HTML Preformatted Char";
margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";
color:black;}
span.HTMLPreformattedChar
{mso-style-name:"HTML Preformatted Char";
mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-link:"HTML Preformatted";
font-family:Consolas;
color:black;}
span.EmailStyle19
{mso-style-type:personal-reply;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-size:10.0pt;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Actually, I was in the Clusters and I/O group. Believe it or not, we were not informed, or knew that ASMP had gone away. At some point, I realized there was locking which is important to SMP but thet never told us that SMP had been added to vms. Great company but awful in communications at corporate. The field was far better.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Renrr<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> freevms-bounces@rayleigh.systella.fr [mailto:freevms-bounces@rayleigh.systella.fr] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Rien Timmer<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 25, 2011 3:39 AM<br><b>To:</b> FreeVMS mailing list<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [FreeVMS] VMS?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Renee,<br><br>Your memory is a bit off, I'm afraid. SMP was introduced in VMS 5.0, version 4 had ASMP.<br><br>Rien.<br><br>On 2011-04-25 05:01, Renee wrote: <o:p></o:p></p><pre>That's great. I was advocating SMP.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>I was last at vms the day we shipped the last of version 5.5 in late 92. So<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>I was there was 32 bit stuff an no 64 bit stuff.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Renee<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>-----Original Message-----<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>From: <a href="mailto:freevms-bounces@rayleigh.systella.fr">freevms-bounces@rayleigh.systella.fr</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>[<a href="mailto:freevms-bounces@rayleigh.systella.fr">mailto:freevms-bounces@rayleigh.systella.fr</a>] On Behalf Of Roar Thronęs<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2011 10:03 PM<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>To: FreeVMS mailing list<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Subject: Re: [FreeVMS] VMS?<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>On Sun, Apr 24, 2011 at 05:48:33PM -0400, Renee wrote:<o:p></o:p></pre><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><pre>VMS had ASMP and that needs to made into symmetric multiprocessing which<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>means locking has to be beefed up. So far<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>I don't know what has been done for Symmetric multiple processing which<o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote><pre>will<o:p></o:p></pre><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><pre>affect us. <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>At this point I'm temped to come with you all. Because the exec can't be<o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote><pre>vms<o:p></o:p></pre><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><pre>in the 32 bit sense. BUT it can still be a solid<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>exec with DCL on it. I need information on what what you all have. Before<o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote><pre>we<o:p></o:p></pre><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><pre>go further.<o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>The more recent kernel books describe SMP, and I did implement that.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>No ASMP support there, because the PC is not ASMP.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>When were you involved with VMS last?<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <br><img border=0 width=90 height=90 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CC0343.AF607C50"><br><br><b><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Rien Timmer</span></b> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>