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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@ppc970.osdl.org> | 2005-04-16 18:20:36 -0400 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@ppc970.osdl.org> | 2005-04-16 18:20:36 -0400 |
commit | 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 (patch) | |
tree | 0bba044c4ce775e45a88a51686b5d9f90697ea9d /Documentation/powerpc/smp.txt |
Linux-2.6.12-rc2v2.6.12-rc2
Initial git repository build. I'm not bothering with the full history,
even though we have it. We can create a separate "historical" git
archive of that later if we want to, and in the meantime it's about
3.2GB when imported into git - space that would just make the early
git days unnecessarily complicated, when we don't have a lot of good
infrastructure for it.
Let it rip!
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1 | Information about Linux/PPC SMP mode | ||
2 | ===================================================================== | ||
3 | |||
4 | This document and the related code was written by me | ||
5 | (Cort Dougan, cort@fsmlabs.com) please email me if you have questions, | ||
6 | comments or corrections. | ||
7 | |||
8 | Last Change: 3.31.99 | ||
9 | |||
10 | If you want to help by writing code or testing different hardware please | ||
11 | email me! | ||
12 | |||
13 | 1. State of Supported Hardware | ||
14 | |||
15 | PowerSurge Architecture - tested on UMAX s900, Apple 9600 | ||
16 | The second processor on this machine boots up just fine and | ||
17 | enters its idle loop. Hopefully a completely working SMP kernel | ||
18 | on this machine will be done shortly. | ||
19 | |||
20 | The code makes the assumption of only two processors. The changes | ||
21 | necessary to work with any number would not be overly difficult but | ||
22 | I don't have any machines with >2 processors so it's not high on my | ||
23 | list of priorities. If anyone else would like do to the work email | ||
24 | me and I can point out the places that need changed. If you have >2 | ||
25 | processors and don't want to add support yourself let me know and I | ||
26 | can take a look into it. | ||
27 | |||
28 | BeBox | ||
29 | BeBox support hasn't been added to the 2.1.X kernels from 2.0.X | ||
30 | but work is being done and SMP support for BeBox is in the works. | ||
31 | |||
32 | CHRP | ||
33 | CHRP SMP works and is fairly solid. It's been tested on the IBM F50 | ||
34 | with 4 processors for quite some time now. | ||