linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 6/8] x86_64: Define the macros and tables for the basic UV infrastructure.

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Message-ID: <20080326000930.GB18701@infradead.org>
Date:	Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:09:30 -0400
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Cc:	Jack Steiner <steiner@....com>, mingo@...e.hu, tglx@...utronix.de,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC 6/8] x86_64: Define the macros and tables for the basic
	UV infrastructure.

On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 11:11:11AM +0100, Andi Kleen wrote:
> Not sure what physical mode is.
> 
> > +#ifdef __BIOS__
> > +#define UV_ADDR(x)		((unsigned long *)(x))
> > +#else
> > +#define UV_ADDR(x)		((unsigned long *)__va(x))
> > +#endif
> 
> But it it would be cleaner if your BIOS just supplied a suitable __va()
> and then you remove these macros.

the bios should just have headers of it's own instead of placing this
burden on kernel code.
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