linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/5] x86: Kconfig: Remove CONFIG_NODES_SPAN_OTHER

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Date:   Mon, 15 Jul 2019 20:43:46 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Hoan Tran OS <hoan@...amperecomputing.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/5] x86: Kconfig: Remove
 CONFIG_NODES_SPAN_OTHER_NODES

On Thu, 11 Jul 2019, Hoan Tran OS wrote:

> Remove CONFIG_NODES_SPAN_OTHER_NODES as it's enabled
> by default with NUMA.

As I told you before this does not mention that the option is now enabled
even for x86(32bit) configurations which did not enable it before and does
not longer depend on X86_64_ACPI_NUMA.

And there is still no rationale why this makes sense.

Thanks,

	tglx