linux-kernel - Re: Comments on UV tlb flushing

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Date:	Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:43:39 -0700
From:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
To:	Cliff Wickman <cpw@....com>
CC:	Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@...oo.com.au>, steiner@....com,
	mingo@...e.hu, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Comments on UV tlb flushing

Cliff Wickman wrote:
> I think that the Linux distributions are not going to build a special
> UV kernel, are they?  So every distro would have to be prompted to 
> turn on CONFIG_X86_UV, or else their kernel is not going to boot on UV.
>   

Distros will generally turn on everything.  You could have it on by 
default if the kernel is built for CONFIG_X86_GENERICARCH which enables 
support for other big numa configurations.  I think distros generally 
build with that enabled anyway.

    J
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