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author | Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> | 2000-11-23 02:00:47 +0000 |
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committer | Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> | 2000-11-23 02:00:47 +0000 |
commit | 06615f62b17d7de6e12d2f5ec6b88cf30af08413 (patch) | |
tree | 8766f208847d4876a6db619aebbf54d53b76eb44 /Documentation/ia64 | |
parent | fa9bdb574f4febb751848a685d9a9017e04e1d53 (diff) |
Merge with Linux 2.4.0-test10.
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/ia64')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ia64/README | 43 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 38 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ia64/README b/Documentation/ia64/README index 738572a80..7163ae745 100644 --- a/Documentation/ia64/README +++ b/Documentation/ia64/README @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ - Linux kernel release 2.3.xx for the IA-64 Platform + Linux kernel release 2.4.xx for the IA-64 Platform - These are the release notes for Linux version 2.3 for IA-64 + 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. @@ -31,46 +31,13 @@ COMPILING the kernel: IA-64 SPECIFICS - - Security related issues: - - o mmap needs to check whether mapping would overlap with the - address-space hole in a region or whether the mapping would be - across regions. In both cases, mmap should fail. - - o ptrace is a huge security hole right now as it does not reject - writing to security sensitive bits (such as the PSR!). - - General issues: - o Kernel modules aren't supported yet. - - o For non-RT signals, siginfo isn't passed through from the kernel - to the point where the signal is actually delivered. Also, we - should make sure the siginfo data is compliant with the UNIX - ABI. - o Hardly any performance tuning has been done. Obvious targets - include the library routines (memcpy, IP checksum, etc.). Less + include the library routines (IP checksum, etc.). Less obvious targets include making sure we don't flush the TLB - needlessly, etc. Also, the TLB handlers should probably try to - do a speculative load from the virtually mapped linear page - table and only if that fails fall back on walking the page table - tree. + needlessly, etc. - o Discontiguous large memory support; memory above 4GB will be - discontiguous since the 4GB-64MB is reserved for firmware and I/O - space. - - o Correct mapping for PAL runtime code; PAL code needs to be - mapped by a TR. - - o Make current IRQ/IOSAPIC handling closer to IA32 such as, - disable/enable interrupts, use of INPROGRESS flag etc. - - o clone system call implementation; needs to setup proper backing - store - o SMP locks cleanup/optimization - o IA32 support. Currently experimental. It mostly works but - there are problems with some dynamically loaded programs. + o IA32 support. Currently experimental. It mostly works. |