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Paolo Ornati 670e9f34ee Documentation: remove duplicated words Remove many duplicated words under Documentation/ and do other small cleanups. Examples: "and and" --> "and" "in in" --> "in" "the the" --> "the" "the the" --> "to the" ... Signed-off-by: Paolo Ornati <ornati@fastwebnet.it> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>		2006-10-03 22:57:56 +02:00
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aliasing.txt	[IA64] rework memory attribute aliasing	2006-05-08 16:32:05 -07:00
efirtc.txt	Documentation: remove duplicated words	2006-10-03 22:57:56 +02:00
fsys.txt	Fix some typos in Documentation/: 'A'	2006-10-03 22:45:33 +02:00
IRQ-redir.txt
mca.txt	Documentation: remove duplicated words	2006-10-03 22:57:56 +02:00
README
serial.txt	[PATCH] ia64: note requirement for 8250_pnp, now that 8250_acpi is gone	2006-10-03 08:03:42 -07:00

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.