[fm-discuss] FMA support for Intel based systems

[Michael Shapiro]

> 
> On Fri, 18 Aug 2006, Michael Shapiro wrote:
> 
> > The FMA support for x64 uses chip-specific interfaces that are specific
> > to Opteron systems (RAS areas aren't covered by the common ISA definition).
> > No FMA support is currently provided for Intel's CPUs.  If someone who
> > has access to the necessary Intel docs wants to do that work, it would
> > make a fantastic OpenSolaris contribution.
> 
> Do you happen to know if Dell or Fujitsu approached Sun to add FMA support
> for Intel processors (specifically Woodcrest)? We brought this up with 
> our Dell and Fujitsu sales teams, and I am curious if anything ever came 
> of it.
> 
> Thanks,
> - Ryan
> --
> UNIX Administrator
> http://prefetch.net

I haven't heard anything about Intel from anyone else, although we have
had many other FMA conversations with Fujitsu in the SPARC64 space.

-Mike

-- 
Mike Shapiro, Solaris Kernel Development. blogs.sun.com/mws/