linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/6] CRIS: remove SMP code

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Date:	Fri, 20 Feb 2015 06:05:53 +0100
From:	Mikael Starvik <mikael.starvik@...s.com>
To:	Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>
CC:	Rabin Vincent <rabin@....in>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-cris-kernel <linux-cris-kernel@...s.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/6] CRIS: remove SMP code

There was a discussions about making a SMP CRIS once and the code actually ran on emulator. But I guess something went wrong during uppstreamimg. Anyway there is no real silicone so removing it is correct.

> 20 feb 2015 kl. 01:06 skrev "Paul Bolle" <pebolle@...cali.nl>:
> 
>> On Thu, 2015-02-19 at 20:29 +0100, Rabin Vincent wrote:
>> The CRIS SMP code cannot be built since there is no (and appears to
>> never have been) a CONFIG_SMP Kconfig option in arch/cris/.  Remove it.
> 
> Yes, it appears there never was a Kconfig symbol SMP for cris so this
> probably was dead code ever since it was added in, I think, v2.6.13. (I
> should mention I didn't review this patch, or cris' apparently
> non-functional SMP code, in detail.)
> 
> Mind if I ask how you spotted this?
> 
> 
> Paul Bolle
> 
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