linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: unify "numa=" command line option handling

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.00.1101061235010.30820@chino.kir.corp.google.com>
Date:	Thu, 6 Jan 2011 12:36:41 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
To:	Jan Beulich <JBeulich@...ell.com>
cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, tglx@...utronix.de,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: unify "numa=" command line option handling

On Thu, 6 Jan 2011, Jan Beulich wrote:

> In order to be able to suppress the use of SRAT tables that 32-bit
> Linux can't deal with (possibly leading to a non-bootable system,
> without disabling ACPI altogether), move the "numa=" option handling
> to common code.
> 

I like the idea in general, but I think it may collide with Tejun's NUMA 
unification patchset for x86, which I assume will another revision once 
the merge window for .38 closes?  Or maybe he'd like to merge your patch 
with his series and push it as one?
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