Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 26 Sep 2009 21:44:58 +0200 | From | Brice Goglin <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] x86: Fix CONFIG_NUMA help message |
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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 - Replace outdated EM64T term with Intel 64 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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