linux-kernel - Re: [patch 05/14] percpu: Use a Kconfig variable to configure arch specific percpu setup

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Message-ID: <474CB0AD.2080800@oracle.com>
Date:	Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:05:01 -0800
From:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
To:	Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>
CC:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>, Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [patch 05/14] percpu: Use a Kconfig variable to configure arch
 specific percpu setup

Christoph Lameter wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Nov 2007, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> 
>>> +config ARCH_SETS_UP_PER_CPU_AREA
>>> +	bool
>>> +	default y
>> 	def_bool y
>>   is the preferred form for those 2-liners above...
>>
>>
>>> +
>>>  config ARCH_NO_VIRT_TO_BUS
>>>  	def_bool y
>>>  
> 
> Ok. Changed.
> 
> x86 should use
> 
> config ARCH_SETS_UP_PER_CPU_AREA
>         def_bool X86_64
> 
> ?

Yes, you can do
	def_bool <config symbol>
as well to make the new symbol be variable instead of constant.


-- 
~Randy
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