[linuxkernelnewbies] Gelato@UNSW - IA64wiki

[Peter Teoh]

http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au/IA64wiki Starting Points for the Wiki RecentChanges: see where people are currently working HelpForBeginners: to get you going WikiSandBox: feel free to change this page and experiment with editing FindPage: search or browse the database in various ways Activities The activities that gel...@unsw are involved in are: Maintenance Activities We do a KernelAutoBuild each day of the IA64 Kernel from the offical development tree. LargeBlockDevices extending Linux to use disc and disc-like devices bigger than 2Tb LongFormatVhpt patches to use the long-format page table structure (thus enabling SuperPages and things like Glibc4TLBSharing) PageTableInterface defines a generic interface for Linux page table operations, which will be used later for both the standard 3 level page table and the variable radix page table. The MicroStateAccounting patch allows high precision accounting of where threads spend their time. The GelatoDebianRepository contains software interesting to IA64 users. LXR archives for quick cross-referencing of kernel sources SkiSimulator --- The Ski Simulator is an instruction level simulator for IA64 machines, that runs on IA64 or IA32 machines. Research Activities SuperPages support for IA64 UserLevelDrivers --- moving device drivers out of the kernel, for improved system reliability, and in some cases better performance. TCPStackPerformance --- evaluating and improving the performance of the TCP/IP stack and networking drivers on IA64 LinuxScalability --- scaling Linux on IA64 to large numbers of processors, large amounts of memory, and huge amounts of disc storage. VariableRadixPageTables --- a more flexible page table structure for Linux to increased performance, enhance superpage support, and page sharing support. NFSBenchmarking --- Evaluating and improving Network File System performance on Linux. LinuxOnLinux --- Linux as a hypervisor for a paravirtualised Linux on IA-64 IOScheduling --- Characterising and improving the performance of the block I/O schedulers in Linux 2.6 Plans Our current work and plans are at WorkItems and ProjectPlans Topics Main topics on this website include: GettingStartedWithIA64 --- a guide for people new to working on IA64 at gel...@unsw LocalInformation on machines, booking, partitioning, etc. CrossDevelopment building and testing IA64 binaries on an IA32 machine KernelTricksAndTips Tips and Tricks for Kernel Development. IA64 Linux getting, configuring and compiling a kernel IA64 Kernel Notes on the Linux IA64 kernel implementation IA64 Hardware Clusters Information on IA64 clusters Performance measurement MemoryConsistency Understanding the Itanium processor memory ordering model and how it arises ItaniumInternals Various Itanium processor implementation details, with a focus on optimising system code FAQ which you can join in if you like! glibc on IA64 Building and developing Libc and threading libraries. how to sell ia64 Summary of a talk given by Matthew Chapman at Slug Enhancements Possible enhancements to Linux for better supporting IPF/IA64 and large systems IA64 whinges What I wish the designers had done differently PatchReleaseChecklist Things to consider before releasing a Kernel patch ToDoList gel...@unsw generic TODO list --- things we're thinking about looking into. RelatedWork Linux activities that are not directly IA64 related, but are interesting nonetheless. Benchmarks -- resources on benchmarking DebianThings -- Pages related to Debian, including an IA64 DebianInstall walkthrough SourceControl -- Links to various pages on Source Control systems. ProgrammingTipsAndTricks --- a grabbag of general programming bits and pieces Sysadmin --- System Administration Tips and Tricks NetworkBenchmarking --- benchmarking networks