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Features Linux releases
SLES 10 SP4
VSX support No
Distro toolchain No
mcpu/mtune=p7
Advance Yes,
Toolchain support execution
restricted to
Power6
instructions
64k base page No
size
Tickless idle No
See the following sources of information:
For information regarding Advance Toolchain, see the following website:
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/wikis/display/hpccentral/How+to+use+Advance+T
oolchain+for+Linux+on+POWER
See the University of Illinois Linux on Power Open Source Repository:
http://ppclinux.ncsa.illinois.edu
See the following release notes:
– ftp://linuxpatch.ncsa.uiuc.edu/toolchain/at/at05/suse/SLES_11/release_notes.at
05-2.1-0.html
– ftp://linuxpatch.ncsa.uiuc.edu/toolchain/at/at05/redhat/RHEL5/release_notes.at
05-2.1-0.html
SLES 11 SP2 RHEL 5.8
Yes No
Yes No
Yes Yes,
execution
restricted to
Power6
instructions
Yes Yes
Yes No
Comments
RHEL 6.3
Yes Full exploitation requires
Advance Toolchain.
Yes SLES11/GA toolchain has
minimal P7 enablement
necessary to support
kernel build.
Yes Alternative GNU Toolchain
that explores the
technologies available on
POWER architecture.
Yes Better memory utilization,
and smaller footprint.
Yes Improved energy utilization
and virtualization of
partially to fully idle
partitions.
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