linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: use CONFIG_X86_SMP instead of CONFIG

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Message-ID: <20081030212753.GD30303@elte.hu>
Date:	Thu, 30 Oct 2008 22:27:53 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>
Cc:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: use CONFIG_X86_SMP instead of CONFIG_SMP


* James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com> wrote:

> >From 6e5fbb4691fd68f5b03608c5d8d96e4f189e623a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>
> Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:11:48 -0500
> Subject: [VOYAGER] x86: use CONFIG_X86_SMP instead of CONFIG_SMP
> 
> CONFIG_SMP is used for features which work on *all* x86 boxes. 
> CONFIG_X86_SMP is used for standard PC like x86 boxes (for things 
> like multi core and apics)

i've applied your fix to tip/x86/urgent, as it's obviously correct in 
the current scheme of things, thanks!

but that needless build-time distinction should go away. We can now 
support a whole host of 'weird' SMP boxes via genapic and x86_quirks.

	Ingo
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