Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 29 May 2008 15:20:54 +0100 | From | Ralf Baechle <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 8/10] mips: convert to generic helpers for IPI function calls |
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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.
Raf
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