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- SMP support for Linux with up to 16 processors using the Intel MP
- specification.
-
- WARNING:
- This is experimental. Back up your disks first. Experience is that
- it is basically stable in its current (inefficient form).
-
- To fix:
-
- o Fix sys_idle to exit/enter kernel state and do hlt's.
- o Fix scheduler decisions to reschedule. Per cpu reschedule ?
- o Clean up message pass.
- o Test for B stepping processors.
- o Clean up processor specific/independent split.
- o Document it all. [PARTLY DONE]
- o Halt other CPU's on reset/panic doesn't always work.
- o Don't waste page at 4K - don't need it now.(watch the GDT code).
- o Dump bootup pages once booted somehow.
- o Clean up warnings/volatiles.
- o Fix load_TR() for non contiguous processor ids
- o Iterate over the slave timer requests if one is lost (keep a count per cpu)
- o Distribute irq's (locking present just needs the 82489 to be asked
- nicely).
- o 486 startup code.
- o How to handle mixed FPU/non FPU processors.
-