Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 30 May 2008 09:23:46 +0200 | From | Jens Axboe <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 8/10] mips: convert to generic helpers for IPI function calls |
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On Thu, May 29 2008, Ralf Baechle wrote: > On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 10:58:22AM +0200, Jens Axboe wrote: > > > This converts mips to use the new helpers for smp_call_function() and > > friends, and adds support for smp_call_function_single(). Not tested, > > but it compiles. > > > > mips shares the same IPI for smp_call_function() and > > smp_call_function_single(), since not all hardware has enough available > > IPIs available to support seperate setups. > > FYI, the comment isn't quite accurate. The machanisms for IPIs on MIPS > are platform-specific. The change which I recently objected to was > specific to a code model called VSMP.
So s/hardware/platform and you are happy?
-- Jens Axboe
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