Re: Choice of "XT PIC" in /proc/interrupts

Geert Uytterhoeven (Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be)
Thu, 23 Apr 1998 10:25:23 +0200 (CEST)

On Wed, 22 Apr 1998, Tracy R Reed wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Apr 1998, Brian Gerst wrote:
> > linker@nightshade.ml.org wrote:
> > >
> > > Linux supports OpenPIC???? COOL!
> > > > 16: 0 OpenPIC OpenPIC cascade
> > > > 22: 341691 OpenPIC MESH
> > > > 26: 0 OpenPIC ADB
> > ^^^^^
> > It's a Mac.

No, it isn't. It's CHRP: http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/~geert/PowerPC/

> So...it's a multiprocessor PPC? Or does this have nothing to do with SMP
> and I'm just confused?

Although OpenPIC supports up to 32 CPUs and 2048 interrupt sources, the Apple
implementation in the `Hydra' Mac I/O chip supports only 2 CPUs and 20
interrupt sources, and my board has only one CPU.

Greetings,

Geert

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Geert Uytterhoeven                     Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be
Wavelets, Linux/{m68k~Amiga,PPC~CHRP}  http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/~geert/
Department of Computer Science -- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven -- Belgium




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