Just a thought ... should a dual core build be tested?

[Ancient]

Thinking about ROS and it's progress. Has there ever been a dual core ROS test build to determine if there will be any major unresolved multi-core issues after it goes beta? Not that it should be dual OS in the alpha built regularly for download on the site, but it may be a bear to rebuild the kernel due to undetected multi core issues embedded with the alpha. My assumption is dual core won't be very stable, but a build occasionally by developers could expose issues which may be easier to correct before the alpha ends. This is not a suggestion to release a multi-core alpha, just a suggestion for a developer to check it out once in a while and determine if evolution to multi-core can be at least streamlined once ROS is beta.

[binarymaster]

As far as I know, dual core ReactOS will require APIC HAL and a multiprocessor kernel.

First one is WIP, and second one does not exist yet (if I'm not mistaken).

[PurpleGurl]

Well, I cannot even find the low-level data on how to enable multicore on a CPU and in a kernel. Someone once gave info about ports or instructions to enable multicore on here, but I cannot find that.

[EmuandCo]

It exists, but does not much multicore yet.

[PurpleGurl]

Then, out of curiosity, what else does it need to do, and how much of this is known?