Re: [PATCH 03/13] [RFC] ipath copy routines

Robert Walsh
2005-12-18T05:34:00Z

> > Any chance we could get these moved into the x86_64 arch directory,
> > then?
>
> That would make sense. Give it a non-ipath-related name and require that
> all architectures which wish to run this driver must implement that
> (documented) function.
>
> And, in Kconfig, make sure that architectures which don't implement that
> library function do not attempt to build this driver. To avoid breaking
> `make allmodconfig'.

Sounds good. I'll get something together next week.

> > We have to do double-word copies, or our chip gets unhappy.
>
> In what form is this chip available? As a standard PCI/PCIX card which
> people will want to plug into power4/ia64/x86 machines? Or is it in some
> way exclusively tied to x86_64?

It's a HyperTransport card, not PCI/PCIe/PCIX. It plugs into the HTX
slot on a suitably-equipped motherboard. On some machines, it's
available on the motherboard itself (e.g. the Linux Networx LS/X.)

Regards,
Robert.

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