linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86_64: make amd quad core 8 socket system not be clustered

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Date:	Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:39:14 -0800
From:	"Yinghai Lu" <yhlu.kernel@...il.com>
To:	"Andi Kleen" <andi@...stfloor.org>
Cc:	"Ingo Molnar" <mingo@...e.hu>,
	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Linux Kernel Mailing List" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	kiran@...lemp.com, shai@...lemp.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86_64: make amd quad core 8 socket system not be clustered_box v2

On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 4:29 AM, Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org> wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 09:48:42PM -0800, Yinghai Lu wrote:
>  >
>  > quad core 8 socket system will have apic id lifting.the apic id range could
>  > be [4, 0x23]. and apic_is_clustered_box will think that need to three clusters
>  > and that is large than 2. So it is treated as clustered_box.
>
>  Ok I see you chose the quick hack over doing it properly ...

you didn't answer my question:

for IBM Summit2, Unisys ES7000, and ScaleMP vSMP,
if call cpus sockets are fully populated with quadcore cpus, do they
still have hole between apic id?

YH
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