Linux Gaining SMP Support For The OpenPOWER Microwatt
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Queued up within the Linux PowerPC development tree ahead of the upcoming Linux 6.15 merge window is symmetric multi-processing (SMP) support for the OpenPOWER Microwatt.
This adds support for Microwatt systems with more than one CPU core and the default DeviceTree is now adapted for a two-core Microwatt.
This Microwatt SMP support is queued up within [4]powerpc/linux.git's "next" branch ahead of the Linux 6.15 merge window opening in late March.
This is the first I've heard of Microwatt in some time with the likes of [5]Libre-SOC having failed. Nice to see there still is some activity around this OpenPOWER soft core.
[1] https://www.phoronix.com/news/OpenPOWER-Microwatt-Fab
[2] https://www.phoronix.com/news/LibreBMC-Demo
[3] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-5.14-POWER
[4] https://web.git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/powerpc/linux.git/commit/?h=next&id=aca95fb6bb572a77f39d42d83ab72a965026577d
[5] https://www.phoronix.com/search/Libre-SOC
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