linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86_64: use apic core id bits for core nums

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Date:	Sat, 21 Jul 2007 18:36:04 -0700
From:	"Yinghai Lu" <yhlu.kernel@...il.com>
To:	"Andi Kleen" <ak@...e.de>
Cc:	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	joachim.deguara@....com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86_64: use apic core id bits for core nums

On 7/21/07, Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de> wrote:
> On Saturday 21 July 2007 13:21:34 Yinghai Lu wrote:
> > On 7/21/07, Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de> wrote:
> > > On Saturday 21 July 2007 09:56:15 Yinghai Lu wrote:
> > > > please check my version, we should use core id bits instead.
> > > >
> > > > it should replace
> > > > [PATCH for review] [37/48] x86_64: make k8topology multi-core aware
> > >
> > > Yes, you're right the patch is not good. It should probably use
> > > information from the regular CPU setup code, not touch cpuid
> > > directly
> >
> > need move some code into early_identify_cpu from identify_cpu in
> > arch/x86_64/kernel/setup.c
> > then could use that bits in bsp cpu info.
>
> Yes something like this
>
> > BTW:
> > it seems for BSP only early_identify_cpu is called, and identify_cpu
> > is only use in smp_callin for AP. Do i miss sth.
>
> identify_cpu calls early_identify_cpu as first thing.

the calling to identify_cpu in BSP is in check_bugs(). It is easy to
ignore it...
maybe we could move that to setup_arch directly.

YH
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