Messages in this thread | | | From | Andi Kleen <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] x86 NUMA panic compile error | Date | Mon, 15 May 2006 21:11:20 +0200 |
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> I think you are right: there are very few end users running with > CONFIG_NUMA on normal x86. But, there is a disproportionately large > number of developers who do it. There are quite a few IBM (and maybe > more via OSDL) developers who's only access to real NUMA hardware is x86 > NUMAQs and Summit machines. When somebody says "foo is broken on NUMA", > I go right to an x86 box. > Anyway, I'd like to think that we've contributed enough to the generic > NUMA code to have earned our keep and allow our little x86 NUMA "hacks" > to remain.
Yes that is why i did the "only work on Summit" patch as compromise. With that you can have your hacks, but it won't impact anybody else.
> x86 is a legacy architecture now anyway, right? ;) I wish everybody would agree on that @)
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