[PATCH V2 4/6] powerpc/44x: don't use tlbivax on AMP systems

Dave Kleikamp shaggy at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Thu Feb 3 00:19:48 EST 2011


On Wed, 2011-02-02 at 01:48 -0600, Kumar Gala wrote:
> On Feb 1, 2011, at 12:48 PM, Dave Kleikamp wrote:
> 
> > Since other OS's may be running on the other cores don't use tlbivax
> 
> Are you guys building SMP kernel for use with AMP?  Just wondering why you'd be using tlbivax at all.

Yes, for instance, a 4-core chip could run two 2-way instances.

Shaggy
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Dave Kleikamp
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