From: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
To: Geoff Levand <geoffrey.levand@am.sony.com>
Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [RFC 2/3] zImage: SMP hold
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 13:22:16 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070220022216.GG17818@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <45D7A910.60702@am.sony.com>
On Sat, Feb 17, 2007 at 05:17:04PM -0800, Geoff Levand wrote:
> Add SMP secondary hold helper routines to the powerpc zImage
> bootwrapper. For platforms which are entered with multiple cpus.
> These routines can be used to hold the secondary cpus until the
> kernel is ready for entry.
Could we have these functions in their own library module. That way
they can be omitted in the wrappers for strictly-UP platforms (many
embedded), or platforms where the secondary CPUs are held in firmware
until the kernel releases.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-02-20 2:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-02-18 1:17 [RFC 2/3] zImage: SMP hold Geoff Levand
2007-02-19 0:32 ` Paul Mackerras
2007-02-19 15:33 ` Geoff Levand
2007-02-20 2:22 ` David Gibson [this message]
2007-02-20 14:32 ` Geoff Levand
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