Commit 25f12b33 authored by Ralf Baechle's avatar Ralf Baechle

MIPS: Kconfig: Fix and clarify kconfig help text for VSMP and SMTC.

Only VSMP was known as SMVP and generally the help text was too short to
be helpful.
Signed-off-by: default avatarRalf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
parent a2e715a8
...@@ -1647,8 +1647,16 @@ config MIPS_MT_SMP ...@@ -1647,8 +1647,16 @@ config MIPS_MT_SMP
select SYS_SUPPORTS_SMP select SYS_SUPPORTS_SMP
select SMP_UP select SMP_UP
help help
This is a kernel model which is also known a VSMP or lately This is a kernel model which is known a VSMP but lately has been
has been marketesed into SMVP. marketesed into SMVP.
Virtual SMP uses the processor's VPEs to implement virtual
processors. In currently available configuration of the 34K processor
this allows for a dual processor. Both processors will share the same
primary caches; each will obtain the half of the TLB for it's own
exclusive use. For a layman this model can be described as similar to
what Intel calls Hyperthreading.
For further information see http://www.linux-mips.org/wiki/34K#VSMP
config MIPS_MT_SMTC config MIPS_MT_SMTC
bool "SMTC: Use all TCs on all VPEs for SMP" bool "SMTC: Use all TCs on all VPEs for SMP"
...@@ -1665,6 +1673,14 @@ config MIPS_MT_SMTC ...@@ -1665,6 +1673,14 @@ config MIPS_MT_SMTC
help help
This is a kernel model which is known a SMTC or lately has been This is a kernel model which is known a SMTC or lately has been
marketesed into SMVP. marketesed into SMVP.
is presenting the available TC's of the core as processors to Linux.
On currently available 34K processors this means a Linux system will
see up to 5 processors. The implementation of the SMTC kernel differs
significantly from VSMP and cannot efficiently coexist in the same
kernel binary so the choice between VSMP and SMTC is a compile time
decision.
For further information see http://www.linux-mips.org/wiki/34K#SMTC
endchoice endchoice
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