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author | Jens Axboe | 2010-10-19 09:13:04 +0200 |
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committer | Jens Axboe | 2010-10-19 09:13:04 +0200 |
commit | fa251f89903d73989e2f63e13d0eaed1e07ce0da (patch) | |
tree | 3f7fe779941e3b6d67754dd7c44a32f48ea47c74 /arch/mips/Kconfig | |
parent | dd3932eddf428571762596e17b65f5dc92ca361b (diff) | |
parent | cd07202cc8262e1669edff0d97715f3dd9260917 (diff) |
Merge branch 'v2.6.36-rc8' into for-2.6.37/barrier
Conflicts:
block/blk-core.c
drivers/block/loop.c
mm/swapfile.c
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/mips/Kconfig')
-rw-r--r-- | arch/mips/Kconfig | 21 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig index 3ad59dde4852..5526faabfc21 100644 --- a/arch/mips/Kconfig +++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ config MIPS select HAVE_KPROBES select HAVE_KRETPROBES select RTC_LIB if !MACH_LOONGSON + select GENERIC_ATOMIC64 if !64BIT mainmenu "Linux/MIPS Kernel Configuration" @@ -1646,8 +1647,16 @@ config MIPS_MT_SMP select SYS_SUPPORTS_SMP select SMP_UP help - This is a kernel model which is also known a VSMP or lately - has been marketesed into SMVP. + This is a kernel model which is known a VSMP but lately has been + marketesed into SMVP. + Virtual SMP uses the processor's VPEs to implement virtual + processors. In currently available configuration of the 34K processor + this allows for a dual processor. Both processors will share the same + primary caches; each will obtain the half of the TLB for it's own + exclusive use. For a layman this model can be described as similar to + what Intel calls Hyperthreading. + + For further information see http://www.linux-mips.org/wiki/34K#VSMP config MIPS_MT_SMTC bool "SMTC: Use all TCs on all VPEs for SMP" @@ -1664,6 +1673,14 @@ config MIPS_MT_SMTC help This is a kernel model which is known a SMTC or lately has been marketesed into SMVP. + is presenting the available TC's of the core as processors to Linux. + On currently available 34K processors this means a Linux system will + see up to 5 processors. The implementation of the SMTC kernel differs + significantly from VSMP and cannot efficiently coexist in the same + kernel binary so the choice between VSMP and SMTC is a compile time + decision. + + For further information see http://www.linux-mips.org/wiki/34K#SMTC endchoice |