Re: Anyone working on Octeon SMP?

[Andrew Parker <andrew%pmk1.net@localhost>]

On Thursday, 19 March 2026 23:31:36 EDT Kevin Bowling wrote:
> 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?

I hoped to spend more time on this over the winter but ended up moving and 
some of my networking gear is still packed up.

It's been a slow process getting my test environment setup again but it would 
be great to pick this back up...especially if there's continued interest in 
it.

Give me a week or two to see what I can dig up and I'll be in touch.