On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 04:09:47PM +0800, Huacai Chen wrote: > This patchset is for git repository git://git.linux-mips.org/pub/scm/ > ralf/linux. Loongson-3 is a multi-core MIPS family CPU, it is MIPS64R2 > compatible and has the same IMP field (0x6300) as Loongson-2. These > patches make Linux kernel support Loongson-3 CPU and Loongson-3 based > computers (including Laptop, Mini-ITX, All-In-One PC, etc.) > > Huacai Chen(14): > MIPS: Loongson: Add basic Loongson 3 CPU support. > MIPS: Loongson 3: Add Lemote-3A machtypes definition. > MIPS: Loongson: Make Loongson 3 to use BCD format for RTC. > MIPS: Loongson: Add UEFI-like firmware interface support. > MIPS: Loongson 3: Add HT-linked PCI support. > MIPS: Loongson 3: Add IRQ init and dispatch support. > MIPS: Loongson 3: Add serial port support. > MIPS: Loongson: Add swiotlb to support big memory (>4GB). > ata: Use 32bit DMA in AHCI for Loongson 3. > drm/radeon: Make radeon card usable for Loongson. > ALSA: Make hda sound card usable for Loongson. > MIPS: Loongson 3: Add Loongson-3 SMP support. > MIPS: Loongson 3: Add CPU Hotplug support. > MIPS: Loongson: Add a Loongson 3 default config file. > > Signed-off-by: Huacai Chen <chenhc@xxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Hongliang Tao <taohl@xxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Hua Yan <yanh@xxxxxxxxxx> The compiled kernel with your patches just doesn't boot. I tested with the Loongson3 laptop and mini-itx. Do they need the newer PMON version with UEFI-like interface support to boot the system? LIU Qi