Re: [Linux-ia64] Help with Ingo scheduler on IA64

David Mosberger
2002-01-12T03:13:47Z

Nick> I'm trying to get Ingo's scheduler working on IA64 but I've hit a
Nick> dead-end with the head.S code. Ingo's patch removes init_tasks,
Nick> so I've modified the assembly in head.S to point at
Nick> runqueues(cpu)->idle, I think - it dies very early in the boot,
Nick> and I'm not familiar with ia64 assembly.

Nick> Other issues, I had to build offsets.h by hand, and I moved some
Nick> stuff from sched.c to sched.h. Other than that, it's H6 + ia64.

Nick> Anyone have any feedback on getting this booting?

This may not help you but just fyi: I'm planning to sync up with 2.5
next week (2.5.2 by then, hopefully). Of course, if someone else has
a working patch by then, I'll take it. ;-)

--david