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| author | Kevin D. Kissell <kevink@paralogos.com> | 2008-09-09 21:48:52 +0200 |
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| committer | Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> | 2008-10-03 17:58:58 +0100 |
| commit | 8531a35e5e275b17c57c39b7911bc2b37025f28c (patch) | |
| tree | c593e23c875d0639a8f422c0ceb8b2a7738d143e /arch/mips/Kconfig | |
| parent | d2bb01b042a38219fbddaafc214c5beb96248d2f (diff) | |
[MIPS] SMTC: Fix SMTC dyntick support.
Rework of SMTC support to make it work with the new clock event system,
allowing "tickless" operation, and to make it compatible with the use of
the "wait_irqoff" idle loop. The new clocking scheme means that the
previously optional IPI instant replay mechanism is now required, and has
been made more robust.
Signed-off-by: Kevin D. Kissell <kevink@paralogos.com>
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/mips/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/mips/Kconfig | 26 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig index 49896a2a1d7..c930b8ceb41 100644 --- a/arch/mips/Kconfig +++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig @@ -1403,7 +1403,6 @@ config MIPS_MT_SMTC depends on CPU_MIPS32_R2 #depends on CPU_MIPS64_R2 # once there is hardware ... depends on SYS_SUPPORTS_MULTITHREADING - select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BROADCAST select CPU_MIPSR2_IRQ_VI select CPU_MIPSR2_IRQ_EI select MIPS_MT @@ -1451,32 +1450,17 @@ config MIPS_VPE_LOADER Includes a loader for loading an elf relocatable object onto another VPE and running it. -config MIPS_MT_SMTC_INSTANT_REPLAY - bool "Low-latency Dispatch of Deferred SMTC IPIs" - depends on MIPS_MT_SMTC && !PREEMPT - default y - help - SMTC pseudo-interrupts between TCs are deferred and queued - if the target TC is interrupt-inhibited (IXMT). In the first - SMTC prototypes, these queued IPIs were serviced on return - to user mode, or on entry into the kernel idle loop. The - INSTANT_REPLAY option dispatches them as part of local_irq_restore() - processing, which adds runtime overhead (hence the option to turn - it off), but ensures that IPIs are handled promptly even under - heavy I/O interrupt load. - config MIPS_MT_SMTC_IM_BACKSTOP bool "Use per-TC register bits as backstop for inhibited IM bits" depends on MIPS_MT_SMTC - default y + default n help To support multiple TC microthreads acting as "CPUs" within a VPE, VPE-wide interrupt mask bits must be specially manipulated during interrupt handling. To support legacy drivers and interrupt controller management code, SMTC has a "backstop" to track and if necessary restore the interrupt mask. This has some performance - impact on interrupt service overhead. Disable it only if you know - what you are doing. + impact on interrupt service overhead. config MIPS_MT_SMTC_IRQAFF bool "Support IRQ affinity API" @@ -1486,10 +1470,8 @@ config MIPS_MT_SMTC_IRQAFF Enables SMP IRQ affinity API (/proc/irq/*/smp_affinity, etc.) for SMTC Linux kernel. Requires platform support, of which an example can be found in the MIPS kernel i8259 and Malta - platform code. It is recommended that MIPS_MT_SMTC_INSTANT_REPLAY - be enabled if MIPS_MT_SMTC_IRQAFF is used. Adds overhead to - interrupt dispatch, and should be used only if you know what - you are doing. + platform code. Adds some overhead to interrupt dispatch, and + should be used only if you know what you are doing. config MIPS_VPE_LOADER_TOM bool "Load VPE program into memory hidden from linux" |