From: Olaf Hering <olh@suse.de>
To: Peter Samuelson <peter@cadcamlab.org>
Cc: Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] Boot log for Linux PPC64 on POWER3 hardware
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 10:59:28 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010223105928.C23409@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3A95AB71.FCECB41F@us.ibm.com> <20010223001402.A19464@cadcamlab.org>
In-Reply-To: <20010223001402.A19464@cadcamlab.org>; from peter@cadcamlab.org on Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 12:14:02AM -0600
On Fri, Feb 23, Peter Samuelson wrote:
>
> [Peter Bergner]
> > The following is a boot log for a 64 bit port of Linux for IBM's 64
> > bit PowerPC processors. This log was made on a pSeries model 270
> > which uses a POWER3 microprocessor.
>
> Impressive. One question, though --
>
> > starting cpu /cpus/PowerPC,POWER3@1...ok
> > starting cpu /cpus/PowerPC,POWER3@2...ok
> > starting cpu /cpus/PowerPC,POWER3@3...ok
>
> You have 4 CPUs?
It has 4 CPUs.
> > OpenPIC Version 1.2 (8 CPUs and 32 IRQ sources) at e000000001002000
> > OpenPIC timer frequency is 0 MHz
>
> ...or is it 8 CPUs?
The controller can handle 8 CPUs.
> > swamsauger:~ # uname -a
> > Linux swamsauger 2.4.0-tg11 #188 Thu Feb 22 19:55:45 CST 2001 ppc64 unknown
> > swamsauger:~ #
> > swamsauger:~ # cat /proc/cpuinfo
> > processor : 0
>
> ...or just one CPU?
The (native) 64bit port can handle only one CPU right now.
mandarine:~/kernel # cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
cpu : POWER3 (630+)
clock : 375MHz
revision : 1.4
bogomips : 749.24
processor : 1
cpu : POWER3 (630+)
clock : 375MHz
revision : 1.4
bogomips : 749.24
processor : 2
cpu : POWER3 (630+)
clock : 375MHz
revision : 1.4
bogomips : 749.24
processor : 3
cpu : POWER3 (630+)
clock : 375MHz
revision : 1.4
bogomips : 749.24
total bogomips : 2995.49
zero pages : total: 0 (0Kb) current: 0 (0Kb) hits: 0/0 (0%)
machine : CHRP IBM,7026-B80
Thats the power3 kernel in 32bit emulation mode for that 64bit CPU.
Gruss Olaf
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-02-23 0:14 [ANNOUNCE] Boot log for Linux PPC64 on POWER3 hardware Peter Bergner
2001-02-23 6:14 ` Peter Samuelson
2001-02-23 9:59 ` Olaf Hering [this message]
2001-02-23 21:34 ` Peter Bergner
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