Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 18 May 2011 23:07:54 +0200 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] x86: Removing unnecessary check in detect_ht |
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* Rao, Nikhil <nikhil.rao@intel.com> wrote:
> This patch removes a check that prevents correct CPU topology setup > when cpuid extensions for topology enumeration are not supported and > the number of processors reported to the OS is smaller than > smp_num_siblings
What bad effect was observed, exactly? An annoying warning in the bootlog and incorrect scheduler domain setup (SMP instead of SMT) - or something else as well?
Thanks,
Ingo
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