PROBLEM: Only 2 of 4 cores used on IBM Cell blades and no threads shown in spufs

Michael Ellerman michael at ellerman.id.au
Tue Apr 23 22:53:56 EST 2013


On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 02:41:18PM +0200, Dennis Schridde wrote:
> Am Dienstag, 23. April 2013, 22:16:21 schrieb Michael Ellerman:
> > On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 02:01:16PM +0200, Dennis Schridde wrote:
> > > I applied following patch by Grant Likely
> > > <grant.likely at secretlab.ca> to fix some IRQ mapping problems:
> > Ah yes, I forgot I also have basically the same patch. I've just sent it
> > to the list.
> > 
> > We appear to have a number of problems with the irq mapping on cell,
> > that patch fixes the worst of them but there are more.
> 
> Yes, and it would be great if that patch could actually be merged (I have been 
> using it since November, but Grant apparently never merged it) and maybe the 
> other problems could be solved, too. I am willing to assist in debugging and 
> testing.

Yeah, it's not really Grant's patch to merge, so that's our fault. Ben
will merge it this cycle via the powerpc tree.

I'll reply to your other mail on the other issues.

cheers


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