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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@ppc970.osdl.org> | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@ppc970.osdl.org> | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 |
commit | 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 (patch) | |
tree | 0bba044c4ce775e45a88a51686b5d9f90697ea9d /Documentation/ia64/README | |
download | linux-1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2.tar.bz2 |
Linux-2.6.12-rc2v2.6.12-rc2
Initial git repository build. I'm not bothering with the full history,
even though we have it. We can create a separate "historical" git
archive of that later if we want to, and in the meantime it's about
3.2GB when imported into git - space that would just make the early
git days unnecessarily complicated, when we don't have a lot of good
infrastructure for it.
Let it rip!
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diff --git a/Documentation/ia64/README b/Documentation/ia64/README new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..aa17f2154cba --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ia64/README @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ + 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. |