linux-kernel - Re: [patch 01/28] cpu alloc: The allocator

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Date:	Thu, 15 Nov 2007 19:19:50 -0800 (PST)
From:	Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
cc:	corbet@....net, andi@...stfloor.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dada1@...mosbay.com,
	schwidefsky@...ibm.com
Subject: Re: [patch 01/28] cpu alloc: The allocator

On Thu, 15 Nov 2007, David Miller wrote:

> > There is no assembly code required. I overdid it in the patch that I sent 
> > you trying to make sparc64 use large mappings like x86_64 NUMA. You really 
> > do not need that. Look at the IA64 and i386 configurations. There is no C 
> > code required. The x86_64 code only adds some special C code for the NUMA 
> > case.
> 
> Ok, and like I said last time, I'll examine this more closely
> when you spin your next version of these patches.

All the above statements are about the version of the patch that I 
thought you had a look at.

> Please post them soon as I'm eager to test this stuff out for
> you.

Ok. Thanks. (You could test it with the current version.... Just edit 
Kconfig and try a few things and I could include the settings in the next 
release.)


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