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Randy Dunlap 3794f3e812 docsrc: build Documentation/ sources 
Currently source files in the Documentation/ sub-dir can easily bit-rot
since they are not generally buildable, either because they are hidden in
text files or because there are no Makefile rules for them.  This needs to
be fixed so that the source files remain usable and good examples of code
instead of bad examples.

Add the ability to build source files that are in the Documentation/ dir.
Add to Kconfig as "BUILD_DOCSRC" config symbol.

Use "CONFIG_BUILD_DOCSRC=1 make ..." to build objects from the
Documentation/ sources.  Or enable BUILD_DOCSRC in the *config system.
However, this symbol depends on HEADERS_CHECK since the header files need
to be installed (for userspace builds).

Built (using cross-tools) for x86-64, i386, alpha, ia64, sparc32,
sparc64, powerpc, sh, m68k, & mips.

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-08-12 16:07:30 -07:00
..
aliasing-test.c [IA64] aliasing-test: fix gcc warnings on non-ia64 2008-02-04 15:23:10 -08:00
aliasing.txt [IA64] prevent MCA when performing MMIO mmap to PCI config space 2007-07-11 11:34:49 -07:00
efirtc.txt Documentation: remove duplicated words 2006-10-03 22:57:56 +02:00
err_inject.txt typo fixes 2007-10-20 01:34:40 +02:00
fsys.txt Fix some typos in Documentation/: 'A' 2006-10-03 22:45:33 +02:00
IRQ-redir.txt
kvm.txt Documentation cleanup: trivial misspelling, punctuation, and grammar corrections. 2008-07-26 12:00:06 -07:00
Makefile docsrc: build Documentation/ sources 2008-08-12 16:07:30 -07:00
mca.txt Documentation: remove duplicated words 2006-10-03 22:57:56 +02:00
paravirt_ops.txt [IA64] pvops: documentation on ia64/pv_ops 2008-05-27 15:16:47 -07:00
README
serial.txt

README 

        Linux kernel release 2.4.xx for the IA-64 Platform

   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.

INSTALLING the kernel:

 - IA-64 kernel installation is the same as the other platforms, see
   original README for details.


SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS

   Compiling and running this kernel requires an IA-64 compliant GCC
   compiler.  And various software packages also compiled with an
   IA-64 compliant GCC compiler.


CONFIGURING the kernel:

   Configuration is the same, see original README for details.


COMPILING the kernel:

 - Compiling this kernel doesn't differ from other platform so read
   the original README for details BUT make sure you have an IA-64
   compliant GCC compiler.

IA-64 SPECIFICS

 - General issues:

    o Hardly any performance tuning has been done. Obvious targets
      include the library routines (IP checksum, etc.). Less
      obvious targets include making sure we don't flush the TLB
      needlessly, etc.

    o SMP locks cleanup/optimization

    o IA32 support.  Currently experimental.  It mostly works.