linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] x86/apic changes for v2.6.38

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Date:	Thu, 6 Jan 2011 10:55:43 -0800
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@...el.com>,
	Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@...com>,
	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] x86/apic changes for v2.6.38

On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 1:44 AM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> wrote:
>
> out-of-topic modifications in x86-apic-for-linus:
> -------------------------------------------------
> drivers/acpi/numa.c                # d3bd058: x86, acpi: Parse all SRAT cpu ent

Why is this x86-only? Aren't the same issues possible elsewhere?

Sure, ACPI is only used on x86 and ia64, and likely nobody cares about
ia64, but that CONFIG_X86 still looks odd.

                      Linus
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