On Sun, Feb 13, 2005 at 01:51:39AM -0600, Bob Breuer wrote: > I've been poking at the sparc32 SMP code and I have it to the point > where it will run a minimal userland. It is still far from being > stable though. > For reference, I started with the SMP patch [0] that wli sent to > the list last July. To go along with the attached SMP patch, it > needs the spinlock fix [1] from Art Haas, and the attached > DEBUGSPINLOCK patch from Tom Callaway. > Here's a list of problems I have seen with it so far: > - the scsi driver must be compiled in or it has problems. > - when I compiled with gcc 3.3.4, it drops back to the prom with > a level 15 interrupt. > - from a serial console, init hangs > - /proc/interrupts shows 0 interrupts for the 2nd cpu > - sun4d still needs fixing > Testing with gcc 3.2.2 and 2 150 MHz HyperSPARCs, if I compile > in scsi and leave out all of the networking, I am able to pass > "init=/bin/bash" and get a shell everytime. > I am sure there are still areas of bitrot and neglect that remain, > so if anyone has any ideas, feel free to share them.
Between networking and serial it sounds as if this is a partial explanation as to why I'm having trouble here. -- wli - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe sparclinux" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
