linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] - Earlier detection of system type (UV or non-UV)

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Date:	Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:13:24 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Jack Steiner <steiner@....com>
Cc:	tglx@...utronix.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] - Earlier detection of system type (UV or non-UV)


* Jack Steiner <steiner@....com> wrote:

> A patch is coming that requires earlier detection of system type (UV or non-UV)
> Move the logic that detects whether running on UV to acpi_boot_table_init().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jack Steiner <steiner@....com>
> 
> ---
> 
> V2 patch
> 	- Added appropriate checks for CONFIG_ACPI to make it compile on
> 	  configs w/o ACPI.
> 
> 	- Eliminated check for x86_64.

fails with:

arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c: In function ‘acpi_boot_table_init':
arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c:1656: error: ‘acpi_early_madt_oem_check' undeclared(first use in this function)
arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c:1656: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c:1656: error: for each function it appears in.)

	Ingo

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