SMP DayStar nPOWER

SMP DayStar nPOWER

[Sacha Varma]

I have a DayStar nPower dual 604e daughtercard (in a PowerComputing
PowerWave), for which it would appear there is currently no support in
the kernel.

How can I go about adding support for this?
Has anyone else attempted this and failed?
What tech specs do I need?
Is smp.c the only file that needs updating?
Is there a guide somewhere for adding support for MP boards?

I have no experience in this area, but think it would be a good way to
learn more about the kernel.

On a related note - I noticed a TotalImpact config option when building
the kernel; does this mean that TotalImpact boards are supported? (and
if so, what configurations?)


Ta,

Sacha.

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Re: SMP DayStar nPOWER

[Ryan Nielsen]

Sacha Varma <sacha@ssl.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> I have a DayStar nPower dual 604e daughtercard (in a PowerComputing
> PowerWave), for which it would appear there is currently no support in
> the kernel.
>
> How can I go about adding support for this?

just enable Symmetric multi-processing support in the Platform Support
section of config.

I don't use it because netscape (or X?) causes the machine to freeze too often.
which I'd like to fix..but i have no idea how to track what is causing it down.

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