Re: Anyone working on Octeon SMP?

[Kevin Bowling <kevin.bowling%kev009.com@localhost>]

On Sun, Feb 2, 2025 at 6:52 AM Andrew Parker <andrew%pmk1.net@localhost> wrote:
>
> On 1/29/25 06:23, Nick Hudson wrote:
> > On 20/12/2024 22:01, Andrew Parker wrote:
> >> Hi, I've been working towards getting a MULTIPROCESSOR build more stable
> >> on my ER4 and would like to know if anyone else may be working on the
> >> same?
> >>
> >> I've found a few areas that were causing instability on my machine and
> >> have some patches that help (but mostly just for debugging at this
> >> point). If there's any interest in teaming up and exchanging ideas or
> >> patches for SMP on Octeon please let me know.
> >
> > Sure.
> >
> > I've dropped the ball on this and said I had a couple of fixes in mind,
> > but done nothing to share them. Hopefully we can make it stable.
> >
> > Nick
>
> Great!  I'm curious about what you have in mind for improvement.  I've
> mostly been looking around TLB invalidation and perhaps a missing memory
> barrier.
>
> Anyway, I'll work on getting some stuff cleaned up and contact directly
> if that works for you.

I'm interested in this as well, is there anything to share around
current status or issues as well as if anything is pending out of
tree?

> -Andrew

Regards,
Kevin