linux/Documentation/ia64
Luis R. Rodriguez a2e1999157 virtual: Documentation: simplify and generalize paravirt_ops.txt
The general documentation we have for pv_ops is currenty present
on the IA64 docs, but since this documentation covers IA64 xen
enablement and IA64 Xen support got ripped out a while ago
through commit d52eefb47 present since v3.14-rc1 lets just
simplify, generalize and move the pv_ops documentation to a
shared place.

Cc: Isaku Yamahata <yamahata@valinux.co.jp>
Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org>
Cc: Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org>
Cc: Alok Kataria <akataria@vmware.com>
Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Cc: virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org
Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
Cc: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>
Cc: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>
Cc: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
2015-02-13 17:15:44 +10:30
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IRQ-redir.txt
Makefile Documentation: use subdir-y to avoid unnecessary built-in.o files 2014-09-26 11:02:55 +02:00
README
aliasing-test.c doc: aliasing-test: close fd on write error 2012-09-01 09:57:10 -07:00
aliasing.txt Documentation: update broken web addresses. 2010-08-04 15:21:40 +02:00
efirtc.txt Documentation: remove duplicated words 2006-10-03 22:57:56 +02:00
err_inject.txt Fix example error_injection_tool 2013-04-02 09:39:55 -07:00
fsys.txt
mca.txt Documentation: remove duplicated words 2006-10-03 22:57:56 +02:00
serial.txt Documentation: update broken web addresses. 2010-08-04 15:21:40 +02:00
xen.txt ia64/xen: a recipe for using xen/ia64 with pv_ops. 2008-10-17 10:11:39 -07:00

README

        Linux kernel release 2.4.xx for the IA-64 Platform

   These are the release notes for Linux version 2.4 for IA-64
   platform.  This document provides information specific to IA-64
   ONLY, to get additional information about the Linux kernel also
   read the original Linux README provided with the kernel.

INSTALLING the kernel:

 - IA-64 kernel installation is the same as the other platforms, see
   original README for details.


SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS

   Compiling and running this kernel requires an IA-64 compliant GCC
   compiler.  And various software packages also compiled with an
   IA-64 compliant GCC compiler.


CONFIGURING the kernel:

   Configuration is the same, see original README for details.


COMPILING the kernel:

 - Compiling this kernel doesn't differ from other platform so read
   the original README for details BUT make sure you have an IA-64
   compliant GCC compiler.

IA-64 SPECIFICS

 - General issues:

    o Hardly any performance tuning has been done. Obvious targets
      include the library routines (IP checksum, etc.). Less
      obvious targets include making sure we don't flush the TLB
      needlessly, etc.

    o SMP locks cleanup/optimization

    o IA32 support.  Currently experimental.  It mostly works.