From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Sat, 07 Oct 2006 11:54:24 +0100 (BST) Received: from localhost.localdomain ([127.0.0.1]:49071 "EHLO dl5rb.ham-radio-op.net") by ftp.linux-mips.org with ESMTP id S20038709AbWJGKyW (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Oct 2006 11:54:22 +0100 Received: from denk.linux-mips.net (denk.linux-mips.net [127.0.0.1]) by dl5rb.ham-radio-op.net (8.13.7/8.13.7) with ESMTP id k97ArxDM000764; Sat, 7 Oct 2006 11:54:01 +0100 Received: (from ralf@localhost) by denk.linux-mips.net (8.13.7/8.13.7/Submit) id k97ArcL9000763; Sat, 7 Oct 2006 11:53:38 +0100 Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2006 11:53:38 +0100 From: Ralf Baechle To: Jonathan Day Cc: Kaz Kylheku , linux-mips@linux-mips.org Subject: Re: CFE problem: starting secondary CPU. Message-ID: <20061007105338.GA571@linux-mips.org> References: <66910A579C9312469A7DF9ADB54A8B7D3E7324@exchange.ZeugmaSystems.local> <20061007021523.38254.qmail@web31512.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20061007021523.38254.qmail@web31512.mail.mud.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Return-Path: X-Envelope-To: <"|/home/ecartis/ecartis -s linux-mips"> (uid 0) X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org X-archive-position: 12826 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org X-original-sender: ralf@linux-mips.org Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips On Fri, Oct 06, 2006 at 07:15:23PM -0700, Jonathan Day wrote: > I've seen the case where the second CPU did not start > on a Broadcom 1250 running a 64-bit kernel, but I > don't know if anyone has a good solution. I just > rigged the values in the Linux kernel so that it knows > about the second CPU. It's a godawful hack, but I > needed something quick at the time. > > Personally, I am not a fan of CFE and would love to > know if there's a better way to bootstrap. Firmware is a stepchild and all implementations have in common that they're hated by they're users. And my grief is there are way to many different firmwares for MIPS systems. Ralf