linux-kernel - Re: [patch] x86: make UV support optional

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Message-ID: <20090106143330.GB18913@sgi.com>
Date:	Tue, 6 Jan 2009 08:33:30 -0600
From:	Jack Steiner <steiner@....com>
To:	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>
Cc:	tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com, hpa@...or.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Cliff Wickman <cpw@....com>,
	Russ Anderson <rja@....com>
Subject: Re: [patch] x86: make UV support optional

On Tue, Jan 06, 2009 at 07:03:48AM +0100, Nick Piggin wrote:
> UV is fairly rare.... and much of the support is already there to cope with
> 32-bit builds. So this makes sense I think.
>


Looks ok to me. One suggestion though. There is a MAXSMP config
option. I would suggest enabling UV if MAXSMP is enabled. This
will help ensure that UV is tested more frequently & may minimize
regressions.


--- jack
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