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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xp.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xp.h | 11 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xp.h b/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xp.h index 955b5b91323..0ca81f16646 100644 --- a/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xp.h +++ b/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xp.h @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ #include <asm/sn/arch.h> #endif -/* >>> Add this #define to some linux header file some day. */ +/* ??? Add this #define to some linux header file some day? */ #define BYTES_PER_WORD sizeof(void *) #ifdef USE_DBUG_ON @@ -65,18 +65,13 @@ * other partition that is currently up. Over these channels, kernel-level * `users' can communicate with their counterparts on the other partitions. * ->>> The following described limitation of a max of eight channels possible ->>> pertains only to ia64-sn2. THIS ISN'T TRUE SINCE I'M PLANNING TO JUST ->>> TIE INTO THE EXISTING MECHANISM ONCE THE CHANNEL MESSAGES ARE RECEIVED. ->>> THE 128-BYTE CACHELINE PERFORMANCE ISSUE IS TIED TO IA64-SN2. - * * If the need for additional channels arises, one can simply increase * XPC_MAX_NCHANNELS accordingly. If the day should come where that number * exceeds the absolute MAXIMUM number of channels possible (eight), then one * will need to make changes to the XPC code to accommodate for this. * - * The absolute maximum number of channels possible is currently limited to - * eight for performance reasons. The internal cross partition structures + * The absolute maximum number of channels possible is limited to eight for + * performance reasons on sn2 hardware. The internal cross partition structures * require sixteen bytes per channel, and eight allows all of this * interface-shared info to fit in one 128-byte cacheline. */ |