hello All, Android works cool on SMP architecture and Check the below link
http://groups.google.com/group/android-platform/browse_thread/thread/de20f1b10703acc2/a3feacf349f9be51?show_docid=a3feacf349f9be51 System is very much stable and robust. regards, -vinay On Aug 16, 5:06 pm, venu <vjosy...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > It might be straight forward to enable but to have drivers support would > require some effort. > > Cheers, > Venu > > On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 1:35 PM, Abhinayak Mishra <abhina...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > > > > > I don't think anything android has been targeted for as of now has multiple > > symmetric cores, though I am sure there are a few in line. So the simple > > answer would be no, android does not have SMP support built in, but it > > should be fairly straightforward to turn it on and of course you would have > > to write your drivers as well with SMP awareness to really get some benefit > > out of it :). > > > - Abhinayak > > > 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. > > -- > - J. Venumadhav --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ unsubscribe: android-porting+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-porting -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
