None of the devices Android is currently shipping has SMP, so of course it is not turned on for the current builds. If you have such hardware, you can compile the Linux kernel with such support, and it will work just like it does in the Linux kernel anywhere else.
On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 12:09 AM, tapas kundu <tapaskun...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > Linux kernel 2.6 supports SMP . I also knew that . But does > the Linux kernel 2.6 which is under android support smp multicore ? . > Will android scale on a 8 core processor ? I am not sure whether > google has enabled SMP multicore support in linux kernel or not . If > it is enabled then android should take advantage of smp multicore > because android is using linux CPU scheduling for process. I am still > confused whether android supports SMP multicore or not . Can anybody > confirm me this ? > > Thanks in advance. > > Tapas > > On Aug 13, 4:09 pm, Gani Bhagavathula <gani.bhagavath...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Tapas: > > > > Android uses linux kernel. The kernel already has SMP support if you > > turn it on. The default kernel config for x86 has it turned on, so I > > would say Android on X86 already supports SMP. Other platforms, I > > dont know... > > > > Gani > > > > On Aug 12, 9:49 am, tapas kundu <tapaskun...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hi ALL, > > > I am a MTech student of IIT . I want to add SMP multicore > > > support in android. I want to know whether SMP multicore is already > > > supported by android or not ? > > > > > If 'SMP multicore' is already supported then please let me > > > know . If it is not supported then I will add the SMP multicore > > > support in android as part of my major project (duration of project is > > > 1 year). > > > > > Thanks & Regards > > > Tapas. > > > -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer hack...@android.com Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ unsubscribe: android-porting+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-porting -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
