linux-kernel - Re: [2.6 patch] x86: revert X86

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Message-ID: <20071204135510.GA15974@stusta.de>
Date:	Tue, 4 Dec 2007 14:55:10 +0100
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>, mingo@...hat.com,
	hpa@...or.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] x86: revert X86_HT semantics change

On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 02:29:05PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> * Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org> wrote:
> 
> > The x86 unification resulted in CONFIG_X86_HT no longer being set if 
> > (X86_32 && MK8).
> > 
> > After grep'ing through the tree I think the problem is that different
> > places have different assumptions about the semantics of CONFIG_X86_HT,
> > either
> > - hyperthreading or
> > - multicore
> > 
> > This should be sorted out properly, but until then we should keep the
> > 2.6.23 status quo.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
> 
> thanks, applied. This is for 2.6.24, right?

Yes.

> 	Ingo

cu
Adrian

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