linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][RFC] Add default CPU topology information

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Message-ID: <20080416125133.GA6304@elte.hu>
Date:	Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:51:33 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][RFC] Add default CPU topology information


* Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:

> > This patch:
> > 
> > - Adds default definitions of the 4 topology macros to
> >   include/asm-generic/topology.h.
> > - Changes include/asm-*/topology.h to include <asm-generic/topology.h>
> >   unconditionally.
> > - Changes drivers/base/topology.c to use the topology macros unconditionally
> >   and to cope with definitions that aren't lvalues.
> > - Updates documentation accordingly.
> > 
> 
> I ran away in terror when I saw this patch.  It's dark and dirty stuff 
> you're unearthing there and it looks like a minefield of compilation 
> problems.  Not aided by the fact that we don't have a topology 
> maintainer afaik.
> 
> We shall see.

i could pick it up into sched.git - it's a frequent party to topology 
patches. We've now got automated cross-build checks as well by virtue of 
Thomas so common build failures ought to be rare.

	Ingo
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