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Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2006 00:50:31 +0100 From: Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de> To: "Ulrich Drepper" <drepper@...il.com> Cc: "Linux Kernel Mailing List" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, "Andrew Morton" <akpm@...l.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH] conditionalize some x86-64 options On Tuesday 07 November 2006 00:19, Ulrich Drepper wrote: > On 11/4/06, Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de> wrote: > > No -- the CPU selection on x86-64 means "optimize for", but doesn't > > mean don't run on other CPUs. > > Then please explain this: > > config X86_HT > bool > depends on SMP && !MK8 > default y HT scheduler is just an optimization -- not needed for any functionality. Doesn't break anything when not there. But I agree the && !MK8 is bogus and should be probably removed (or perhaps moved into a default) -Andi - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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