[parisc-linux] Progress - Update

Wed, 1 Dec 1999 18:03:39 +0000 (GMT)

> 
> Furthermore we have to care for cases like:
> 
> 	var = 1;
> x=0;
> CPU0		CPU1
> xchg(&var,x);	test_and_set_bit(0, &var);

Umm. Does anyone actually rely on that ? Im not sure the non x86 ports have
that property

> IMHO we really should do the 2.3 merge first.

Yep

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Hi all,

Here is my experience with the last bootloader. I tried it on an HP 710:

Select from menu: b scsi.5
Trying scsi.5
Boot path initialized
Attempting to load IPL

Hard booted
-----------------------------------------
PARISC/Linux Bootstrap Version 0.1 (non-interactive)
By Jason Eckhardt
Built Tue Mar 9 16:40:43 CST 1999 by jason@bimbo

Reading parameters.. done
Size = 28672 bytes, entry = 0x00001000, location 0x0001B040
Loading kernel.. done.
Transferring control to kernel.

********************
VMLINUX 0.0: Dummy kernel image loaded and executing!

It is now safe to reboot.

It is now safe to reboot.
/

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