linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] Relax restrictions on setting CONFIG

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Date:	Sat, 19 Jan 2008 07:35:06 +0100
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>
Cc:	mingo@...e.hu, linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	apw@...dowen.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] Relax restrictions on setting CONFIG_NUMA on x86

Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie> writes:

> A fix[1] was merged to the x86.git tree that allowed NUMA kernels to boot
> on normal x86 machines (and not just NUMA-Q, Summit etc.). I took a look
> at the restrictions on setting NUMA on x86 to see if they could be lifted.

The problem with i386 CONFIG_NUMA previously was not that it didn't
boot on normal non NUMA systems, but that it didn't boot on very
common NUMA systems: Opterons.  Have you tested if that is fixed now?

-Andi
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