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SubjectRe: [PATCH] x86: unify "numa=" command line option handling
>>> On 07.01.11 at 20:55, David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> wrote:
> I still don't think it meets the stable kernel rules. The changelog
> explicitly states that we do not want to disable ACPI completely, so the
> only numa= command line option that would possibly be useful on 32-bit is
> numa=off in this case. If you're compiling a 32-bit kernel for a machine
> with SRAT entries that can't be parsed by the kernel, then there's still
> no explanation as to why CONFIG_NUMA=n won't fix it.

In distro kernels you have no control over the configuration, yet you
may want the kernel to boot on a particular machine.

Jan



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