From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:57:47 +0100 (BST) Received: from localhost.localdomain ([127.0.0.1]:57224 "EHLO dl5rb.ham-radio-op.net") by ftp.linux-mips.org with ESMTP id S20021596AbXGKP5p (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:57:45 +0100 Received: from denk.linux-mips.net (denk.linux-mips.net [127.0.0.1]) by dl5rb.ham-radio-op.net (8.14.1/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l6BFgoko026604; Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:42:51 +0100 Received: (from ralf@localhost) by denk.linux-mips.net (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) id l6BFgoDj026603; Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:42:50 +0100 Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:42:50 +0100 From: Ralf Baechle To: Mohamed Bamakhrama Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Subject: Re: Porting SMP kernel into a dual-core MIPS architecture Message-ID: <20070711154250.GA25553@linux-mips.org> References: <40378e40707110807n2cd32c68tdb8604c5d39e72a6@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <40378e40707110807n2cd32c68tdb8604c5d39e72a6@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.14 (2007-02-12) 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: 15705 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 Wed, Jul 11, 2007 at 05:07:19PM +0200, Mohamed Bamakhrama wrote: > Is there any guidelines/tutorial for porting the SMP kernel into a > dual core new architecture based on MIPS32? > AFAIK, in the x86 world we have Intel MPS 1.4 standard. I wonder if > there exists a similar thing for MIPS. In other words, what are the > minimum requirements needed to port the SMP kernel into such an > architecture? The MIPS Architecture definition defines the behaviour of the processor in great detail. It doesn't define the system level or firmware. I suggest you download the architecture manual from www.mips.com and if that leaves any questions open, post again. Ralf