IBM Power 780 User Manual

Chapter 3. Virtualization 155
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
VSX support No Yes No Yes Full exploitation requires
Advance Toolchain.
Distro toolchain
mcpu/mtune=p7
No Yes No Yes SLES11/GA toolchain has
minimal P7 enablement
necessary to support
kernel build.
Advance
Toolchain support
Ye s ,
execution
restricted to
Power6
instructions
Ye s Ye s ,
execution
restricted to
Power6
instructions
Yes Alternative GNU Toolchain
that explores the
technologies available on
POWER architecture.
64k base page
size
No Yes Yes Yes Better memory utilization,
and smaller footprint.
Tickless idle No Yes No Yes Improved energy utilization
and virtualization of
partially to fully idle
partitions.
Features Linux releases Comments
SLES 10 SP4 SLES 11 SP2 RHEL 5.8 RHEL 6.3

IBM Power 780 Specifications

General

Brand	IBM
Model	Power 780
Category	Server
Language	English