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On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 12:45 AM, Ravikiran G Thirumalai <kiran@scalex86.org> wrote: > Indicate TSCs are unreliable as time sources if the platform is > a multi chassi ScaleMP vSMPowered machine. > > Signed-off-by: Ravikiran Thirumalai <kiran@scalex86.org> > > Index: linux.git.trees/arch/x86/kernel/apic_64.c > =================================================================== > --- linux.git.trees.orig/arch/x86/kernel/apic_64.c 2008-03-19 20:42:28.187659497 -0700 > +++ linux.git.trees/arch/x86/kernel/apic_64.c 2008-03-19 21:24:17.705515003 -0700 > @@ -1208,7 +1208,7 @@ __cpuinit int apic_is_clustered_box(void > * will be [4, 0x23] or [8, 0x27] could be thought to > * vsmp box still need checking... > */ > - if (!is_vsmp_box() && (boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_AMD)) > + if ((boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_AMD) && !is_vsmp_box()) > return 0; why? > > bios_cpu_apicid = x86_bios_cpu_apicid_early_ptr; > @@ -1248,6 +1248,12 @@ __cpuinit int apic_is_clustered_box(void > ++zeros; > } > > + /* ScaleMP vSMPowered boxes have one cluster per board and TSCs are > + * not guaranteed to be synced between boards > + */ > + if (is_vsmp_box() && clusters > 1) > + return 1; you still call that for intel box. YH -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ | |||||||||
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