Cort, Thanks , I will definately look into issue of broadcast TLB invalidate with 755. But I want to know How do the let the Kernel know that there is another processor sitting on the 60x Bus?
I never worked on SMP based system...I just want to know where to start?? Thanks Naushit. > There are some tricks for the 750 on SMP that no-one has actually tried > yet. I did some early work with it that ended up with horrible > performance. The 750's don't broadcast TLB invalidates and that really > messes SMP up for us. > > I'm not sure of the 755 follows in this tradition but I'd suggest checking > carefully for that. SMP works well on anything other than 750's, though. > > } I was wondering if there is SMP support for TWO Processors > } in Powerpc based Embedded Sytem. > } > } I have 2 MPC755 Processors sharing one 60x Bus. > } Both of them have 1MB of L2 Cache, and Share DRAM connected to 60x bus. > } > } > } Have anybody already used powerpc SMP?? > } Have anybody used M-system Disk-on-Chip 2000 with PowerPC linux? > } How about Powerspan PCI bridge support?? > } > } > } Thanks for any pointers > } > } Naushit. > } > } ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/
