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Hondo 
New Hyperion info on SMP for AmigaOS
Posted on 25-Feb-2015 17:14:46
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Seems like Hyperion is still making progress on SMP for AmigaOS

http://blog.hyperion-entertainment.biz/?p=1184

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Re: New Hyperion info on SMP for AmigaOS
Posted on 25-Feb-2015 17:32:21
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@Hondo

Thanks for link. I also revived old Hyperion blog update... thread.


Hyperion seems to have clear idea how to realise SMP in AmigaOS. If successful, it would be nearly a miracle.

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@pavlor

I'm stupid.... I've got not a clue what they are saying...

Anyone care to try and explain it for anyone who doesnt know anything about CPU processes and forbids and so on ?

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@Metalheart

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I've got not a clue what they are saying..


One explanation, so far...do not listen lies like "OS4 developement had been ceased"...

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Re: New Hyperion info on SMP for AmigaOS
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@Metalheart
SMP = faster multitasking on a system with a multicore CPU like the X1000.

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Looks like legacy apps should run fine in this mode. Awesome! Nothing broken.

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Does this mean that normal apps and os components WILL take advantage of multiple cores ?
And all CPU load is devided by the OS using all cores ?

For example Petunia running ImageFX or or DvPlayer will get faster as it is just because the OS lets it use more cores ?

Without modifying mentioned programs ?

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@Metalheart

In one word: no

Last edited by netrot on 25-Feb-2015 at 06:32 PM.

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@Metalheart,

It looks to me they are doing just that, re-tasking on the fly no matter what the program.

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@Metalheart

On SMP system you can run eg. one application on one core and one on another - so you can run MORE applications at SAME full performance as ONE application on single core system. There are applications supporting multiple threads - eg. performance of Blender rendering scales with available CPU cores (dual core CPU renders 2x faster than single core - assuming cores in question are the same ).

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Thanks for the update :)

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I know how smp is supposed to work, but it seems that hyperion is going to do it different. As i outlined above.

But to much techiical talk to be sure.....

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hyperion is going to do it different. As i outlined above.


Hyperion points to obstacles in the way and how to overcome them, goal is still the same - SMP.

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@Metalheart

think of it like trying to spit wood twice as fast using two axes simultaneously.

regarding the blog, i cant help it but feel as if i have read something similar maybe a year ago. anyone?

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regarding the blog, i cant help it but feel as if i have read something similar maybe a year ago. anyone?


Definitely not. This is first time we see actual solution of known problems associated with SMP.

Blog posts you have in mind are:
AmiWest 2013 AmigaOS Team
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@pavlor

it might be actually the second one. okay, so this is the progress since a year.

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@wawa

There have been more development besides SMP development. AmigaOS FE just to mention one.

But SMP on amiga is a big thing just in it self, even though it is not done yet.

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@Metalheart

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For example Petunia running ImageFX or or DvPlayer will get faster as it is just because the OS lets it use more cores ?

Without modifying mentioned programs ?


yes and no, existing tasks will be balanced on different cores, so this gives ImageFX more time on one core (assuming its single thread application).

I don't know about DvPlayer, but mplayer has a option to split up the decoding into several threads, this should be possible for a SMP system to schedule on different cores.

http://askubuntu.com/questions/91774/is-mplayer-multi-threaded

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@Hondo

good news.

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Anyone want to wager the % of applications out there that use/abuse Forbid and Permit?

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