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

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Message-ID: <20080121143508.GA8485@csn.ul.ie>
Date:	Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:35:09 +0000
From:	Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>
To:	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
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

On (21/01/08 09:38), KOSAKI Motohiro didst pronounce:
> Hi 
> 
> > 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.
> 
> Interesting!
> 
> I will test tomorrow.

Thanks.

> I think this patch become easy to the porting of fakenuma.
> 

It would be great if that was available, particularly if it could fake
memoryless nodes as that is a place where we've found a few
difficult-to-reproduce bugs.

-- 
Mel Gorman
Part-time Phd Student                          Linux Technology Center
University of Limerick                         IBM Dublin Software Lab
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