hi shivappa from 2.6 smp is supported i believe.as the same kernel is beibf used for android Sram
On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 8:09 PM, Shivappa <[email protected]>wrote: > > Hi Vinay, > > May I know the kernel version you have used to boot Android with SMP > enabled ? > > Regards > Shivappa > > > On Aug 31, 9:44 am, Vinay harugop <[email protected]> wrote: > > hello All, > > > > Android works cool on SMP architecture and Check the below link > > > > http://groups.google.com/group/android-platform/browse_thread/thread/.<http://groups.google.com/group/android-platform/browse_thread/thread/> > .. > > > > System is very much stable and robust. > > > > regards, > > -vinay > > > > On Aug 16, 5:06 pm, venu <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > It might be straight forward to enable but to have drivers support > would > > > require some effort. > > > > > Cheers, > > > Venu > > > > > On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 1:35 PM, Abhinayak Mishra <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > > > I don't think anything android has been targeted for as of now has > multiple > > > > symmetric cores, though I am sure there are a few in line. So the > simple > > > > answer would be no, android does not have SMP support built in, but > it > > > > should be fairly straightforward to turn it on and of course you > would have > > > > to write your drivers as well with SMP awareness to really get some > benefit > > > > out of it :). > > > > > > - Abhinayak > > > > > > On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 12:09 AM, tapas kundu <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > > >> Hi, > > > > > >> Linux kernel 2.6 supports SMP . I also knew that . But does > > > >> the Linux kernel 2.6 which is under android support smp multicore ? > . > > > >> Will android scale on a 8 core processor ? I am not sure whether > > > >> google has enabled SMP multicore support in linux kernel or not . If > > > >> it is enabled then android should take advantage of smp multicore > > > >> because android is using linux CPU scheduling for process. I am > still > > > >> confused whether android supports SMP multicore or not . Can anybody > > > >> confirm me this ? > > > > > >> Thanks in advance. > > > > > >> Tapas > > > > > >> On Aug 13, 4:09 pm, Gani Bhagavathula <[email protected]> > > > >> wrote: > > > >> > Tapas: > > > > > >> > Android uses linux kernel. The kernel already has SMP support if > you > > > >> > turn it on. The default kernel config for x86 has it turned on, > so I > > > >> > would say Android on X86 already supports SMP. Other platforms, I > > > >> > dont know... > > > > > >> > Gani > > > > > >> > On Aug 12, 9:49 am, tapas kundu <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > >> > > Hi ALL, > > > >> > > I am a MTech student of IIT . I want to add SMP > multicore > > > >> > > support in android. I want to know whether SMP multicore is > already > > > >> > > supported by android or not ? > > > > > >> > > If 'SMP multicore' is already supported then please > let me > > > >> > > know . If it is not supported then I will add the SMP multicore > > > >> > > support in android as part of my major project (duration of > project is > > > >> > > 1 year). > > > > > >> > > Thanks & Regards > > > >> > > Tapas. > > > > > -- > > > - J. Venumadhav > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ unsubscribe: [email protected] website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-porting -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
