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SubjectRe: [PATCH] x86: Fix CONFIG_NUMA help message
Andi Kleen wrote:
> Noticed recently while looking at this file. The x86 NUMA Kconfig help
> entry is not quite correct.
>
> - Core i7 systems are always non NUMA. Refer to multi socket Nehalems instead.
> - Replace outdated EM64T term with Intel 64
>
> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
> ---
> arch/x86/Kconfig | 5 +++--
> 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
> index 384a897..47c81bd 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
> @@ -1118,8 +1118,9 @@ config NUMA
> local memory controller of the CPU and add some more
> NUMA awareness to the kernel.
>
> - For 64-bit this is recommended if the system is Intel Core i7
> - (or later), AMD Opteron, or EM64T NUMA.
> + For 64-bit this is recommended if the system is Intel Xeon 75xx
> + (Intel Nehalem based multi socket systems), AMD Opteron, or Intel
> + 64 NUMA.
>
> For 32-bit this is only needed on (rare) 32-bit-only platforms
> that support NUMA topologies, such as NUMAQ / Summit, or if you
>

Why Xeon 75xx and not 55xx ?

Brice



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