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Message-ID: <541C80E1.9040601@sr71.net> Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 12:15:45 -0700 From: Dave Hansen <dave@...1.net> To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org> CC: mingo@...nel.org, hpa@...ux.intel.com, brice.goglin@...il.com, bp@...en8.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 6/6] sched: consolidate config options On 09/18/2014 10:29 AM, Peter Zijlstra wrote: >> > +config SCHED_BOOK >> > + def_bool y >> > + prompt "Book scheduler support" >> > + depends on ARCH_ENABLE_SCHED_BOOK >> > + select SCHED_MC >> > + help >> > + Book scheduler support improves the CPU scheduler's decision making >> > + when dealing with machines that have several books. >> > + >> > + Currenltly only used on s390 which has only a single NUMA node. >> > + Books are collections of CPUs that are grouped similarly to a NUMA >> > + node, but without the same memory properites that NUMA nodes have. > Nothing outside of s390 knows about SCHED_BOOK, it doesn't make sense to > have that here. By sticking all of them together, my hope was that folks who were going to add a topology level could see all of the existing options in a single place. But, just say the word and I'll yank it out and repost. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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