Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 27 Oct 2005 10:40:37 +0900 | From | Magnus Damm <> | Subject | Re: [discuss] [rfc] x86_64: Kconfig changes for NUMA |
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On 10/26/05, Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> wrote: > On Wednesday 26 October 2005 09:09, Ravikiran G Thirumalai wrote: > > > > > 1. Makes NUMA a config option like other arches > > 2. Makes topology detection options like K8_NUMA dependent on NUMA > > 3. Choosing ACPI NUMA detection can be done from the standard > > "Processor type and features" menu > > Comments? > > It's in principle ok except that I don't like the dependencies and > defaults. K8_NUMA shouldn't be dependent on !M_PSC. And the defaults > should be just dropped.
While at it, could you please consider to remove the SMP dependency from NUMA_EMU? 2.6.14-rc5-git5 builds and works with !SMP and NUMA_EMU.
Why? 1. No need to force SMP when not needed. 2. qemu-system-x86_64 does not currently work with SMP kernels.
Thanks,
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