Beowulf in a Box (fwd)

[Miguel Barreiro Paz]

> First, if I recall my PCI spec correctly, it is possible to configure
> each PCI device with an address space.  It should be possible to give
> each StrongARM module (CPU + PCI interface + memory) its own 
> distinct physical address space outside of the memory of the host
> machine.  In addition, this address space should probably be
> uncacheable as well to the host computer for a first iteration.
> 
> This configuration would gives the StrongARM "array" a SMP/NUMA
> flavor.  CPU-CPU transfers are simply done by writing into/reading
> from the other CPUs address space.  This makes it either SMP
> (for processors on the same PCI board) or NUMA (for processors

	It's neat, but with just 32 bits for addressing we're getting a
bit tight of space on x86.

Regards,

Miguel