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Yoann Padioleau f834368564 parse errors in ifdefs 
Fix various bits of obviously-busted code which we're not happening to
compile, due to ifdefs.

Cc: "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@intel.com>
Cc: Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru>
Cc: Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net>
Cc: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
Cc: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
Cc: Jan Kara <jack@ucw.cz>
Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@steeleye.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-06-01 08:18:28 -07:00
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aliasing-test.c parse errors in ifdefs 2007-06-01 08:18:28 -07:00
aliasing.txt [IA64] update memory attribute aliasing documentation & test cases 2007-03-30 09:40:46 -07:00
efirtc.txt Documentation: remove duplicated words 2006-10-03 22:57:56 +02:00
err_inject.txt [IA64] Fix example error injection program 2007-02-05 15:47:43 -08:00
fsys.txt Fix some typos in Documentation/: 'A' 2006-10-03 22:45:33 +02:00
IRQ-redir.txt
mca.txt Documentation: remove duplicated words 2006-10-03 22:57:56 +02:00
README
serial.txt [PATCH] ia64: note requirement for 8250_pnp, now that 8250_acpi is gone 2006-10-03 08:03:42 -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.