linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 8/8] x86_64: Support for new UV apic

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Date:	Wed, 26 Mar 2008 08:29:45 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
Cc:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, Jack Steiner <steiner@....com>,
	tglx@...utronix.de, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Glauber de Oliveira Costa <glommer@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC 8/8] x86_64: Support for new UV apic


* Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org> wrote:

> Andi Kleen wrote:
>> No instead of having lots of if (xyz_system) do_xyz_special()
>> go through smp_ops for the whole thing so that UV would just have a 
>> special smp_ops that has special implementions or wrappers. 
>> Oops I see smp_ops are currently only implemented
>> for 32bit. Ok do it only once smp_ops exist on 64bit too.   
>
> I think glommer has patches to unify smp stuff, which should include 
> smp_ops.

yep, x86.git/latest has all that work included.

	Ingo
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