Newsgroups: comp.parallel.pvm
From: tabaer@beast.acs.ohio-state.edu (Troy Baer)
Reply-To: tabaer@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
Subject: Re: pvm with LINUX/Pentium
Organization: the Ohio State University, Aero./Astro. Engineering Dept.
Date: 31 Dec 1994 17:53:34 GMT
Message-ID: <TABAER.94Dec31175335@beast.acs.ohio-state.edu>

>>>>> "John" == John B Schneider <schneidj@eecs.wsu.edu> writes:
In article <D1n7n3.BoF@serval.net.wsu.edu> schneidj@eecs.wsu.edu  (John B. Schneider) writes:


    John> In all the pvm documentation I have seen, setting PVM_ARCH
    John> to LINUX is appropriate for a 80386 or 80486 machine running
    John> LINUX.  However, the LINUX OS runs fine on Pentium machines.
    John> So, does pvm also work with Pentium machines running LINUX?

Yes.  I've done it on my roommate's Pentium, running most of the PVM
example apps concurrently on his Pentium and my 486.  Works great.

Unfortunately, the damned Pentium doesn't divide correctly...  Thanks,
Intel. :-(

	--Troy
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