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

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Date:	Sun, 20 Jul 2008 11:00:06 +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>,
	Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@...il.com>,
	Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@...el.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>

hm, shouldnt the UV x2apic code be consolidated into the new apic_ops 
that is in the tip/x2apic branch? Plus the new x86_quirks method that 
allows the general bootup to pick up various system-specific quirks. 
It's all in tip/master:

  http://people.redhat.com/mingo/tip.git/README

	Ingo
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