Subject: Re: sparc64 locore sets runtime?
To: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@zembu.com>
From: Eduardo Horvath <eeh@turbolinux.com>
List: port-sparc
Date: 05/23/2000 15:37:41
On Tue, 23 May 2000, Jason R Thorpe wrote:

> Is there any particular reason why the sparc64 locore sets `runtime'?
> mi_switch() takes care of it right as the process resumes (i.e. upon
> return from cpu_switch()), so setting it in locore is totally unnecessary,
> and only complicates the modifications necessary to make the scheduler
> aware of multiple CPUs.
> 
> Barring objections, I'm going to remove it (sparc64 is the only port that
> does it).

Go ahead.

Eduardo Horvath