Re: [libdc1394-devel] SMP issues

[Olaf R. <Olaf@Ronneberger.net>]

Kero van Gelder wrote:

>>>note: google comes back empty on "smp site:linux1394.org", draw your
>>>own conclusions.
>>
>>I maintain linux1394.org ;^)
>>As I now have a little free time in the evenings with no internet
>>access, I will see what I can do to help debug SMP.
> 
> 
> I'll be happy to help testing.
> 
Hi Gero, hi Dan,

Just some short questions: I'll have to buy a new computer in the next 
days/week, which has the main task to acquire images and control a 
microscope, but also should do some number crunching (e.g. for doing a 
fast image based autofocus for the microscope). And now i wonder, wether 
it should be a multi processor machine or not.

Could you tell me, what exactly does not work with SMP. Is it only the 
DMA stuff, or any firewire camera stuff? (I gave up using DMA some time 
ago, and use only the non-DMA-functions of libdc1394)

Is it possible to say, when these problems will be fixed?

Do these problems also occur, when using a single processor with Intels 
Hyper Threading stuff?

Thanks in advance,

Olaf