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From: Arjan van de Ven <arjanv-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
To: Hugh Dickins <hugh-DTz5qymZ9yRBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org>
Cc: "Brown, Len" <len.brown-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
	'Arjan van de Ven'
	<arjanv-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>,
	"Grover,
	Andrew" <andrew.grover-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm-LL/9OlyS9hIAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
	torvalds-Lhe3bsMrZseB+jHODAdFcQ@public.gmane.org,
	acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org,
	linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [BK PATCH] acpismp=force fix
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 11:59:34 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030627115934.D16156@devserv.devel.redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0306271221110.1197-100000-bi+AKbBUZKY6gyzm1THtWbp2dZbC/Bob@public.gmane.org>; from hugh-DTz5qymZ9yRBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org on Fri, Jun 27, 2003 at 12:58:17PM +0100

On Fri, Jun 27, 2003 at 12:58:17PM +0100, Hugh Dickins wrote:
> and in 2.4.22-pre (which thus diverges from 2.4.21).  That surprises me,
> but I'd definitely defer to Arjan's preference.

for 2.4 it's a matter of compatability; also Andrew said it made the
code cleaner actually.

> > Re: "acpismp=force"
> > I wouldn't miss it.  Sounds unanimous.
> 
> It did have some point before, recent changes have rendered it pointless,
> and even if those changes get revised, there'll be a better way than the
> confusing "acpismp=force".

it became mostly useless when the automatic detection based on CPU flag went it

> > Re: "noht"
> > To disable HT on a uni-processor, wouldn't it be preferable to simply run
> > the UP kernel rather than the SMP kernel with HT disabled?
> 
> Yes, though wouldn't BIOS be able to disable it on those too?

not all bioses have such a setting unfortionatly so it remains a
useful option.

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From: Arjan van de Ven <arjanv@redhat.com>
To: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com>
Cc: "Brown, Len" <len.brown@intel.com>,
	"'Arjan van de Ven'" <arjanv@redhat.com>,
	"Grover, Andrew" <andrew.grover@intel.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@digeo.com>,
	torvalds@transmeta.com, acpi-devel@lists.sourceforge.net,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [BK PATCH] acpismp=force fix
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 11:59:34 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030627115934.D16156@devserv.devel.redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0306271221110.1197-100000@localhost.localdomain>; from hugh@veritas.com on Fri, Jun 27, 2003 at 12:58:17PM +0100

On Fri, Jun 27, 2003 at 12:58:17PM +0100, Hugh Dickins wrote:
> and in 2.4.22-pre (which thus diverges from 2.4.21).  That surprises me,
> but I'd definitely defer to Arjan's preference.

for 2.4 it's a matter of compatability; also Andrew said it made the
code cleaner actually.

> > Re: "acpismp=force"
> > I wouldn't miss it.  Sounds unanimous.
> 
> It did have some point before, recent changes have rendered it pointless,
> and even if those changes get revised, there'll be a better way than the
> confusing "acpismp=force".

it became mostly useless when the automatic detection based on CPU flag went it

> > Re: "noht"
> > To disable HT on a uni-processor, wouldn't it be preferable to simply run
> > the UP kernel rather than the SMP kernel with HT disabled?
> 
> Yes, though wouldn't BIOS be able to disable it on those too?

not all bioses have such a setting unfortionatly so it remains a
useful option.


  parent reply	other threads:[~2003-06-27 11:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-06-26 21:37 [BK PATCH] acpismp=force fix Brown, Len
2003-06-26 21:37 ` Brown, Len
     [not found] ` <A5974D8E5F98D511BB910002A50A66470B981205-MgY+aF+eRfZviC08c4yzC1DQ4js95KgL@public.gmane.org>
2003-06-27 11:58   ` Hugh Dickins
2003-06-27 11:58     ` Hugh Dickins
     [not found]     ` <Pine.LNX.4.44.0306271221110.1197-100000-bi+AKbBUZKY6gyzm1THtWbp2dZbC/Bob@public.gmane.org>
2003-06-27 11:59       ` Arjan van de Ven [this message]
2003-06-27 11:59         ` Arjan van de Ven
2003-06-30 15:42   ` Juan Quintela
2003-06-30 15:42     ` Juan Quintela
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2003-06-23  7:43 Grover, Andrew
2003-06-23  7:43 ` Grover, Andrew
     [not found] ` <F760B14C9561B941B89469F59BA3A84725A302-sBd4vmA9Se4Lll3ZsUKC9FDQ4js95KgL@public.gmane.org>
2003-06-23  7:58   ` Andrew Morton
2003-06-23  7:58     ` Andrew Morton
2003-06-23  8:01   ` Arjan van de Ven
2003-06-23  8:01     ` Arjan van de Ven
     [not found]     ` <1056355301.1699.6.camel-PDvaWZGbcxi0rsOeZxrteAC/G2K4zDHf@public.gmane.org>
2003-06-23 11:46       ` Hugh Dickins
2003-06-23 11:46         ` Hugh Dickins
     [not found]         ` <Pine.LNX.4.44.0306231224590.1648-100000-bi+AKbBUZKY6gyzm1THtWbp2dZbC/Bob@public.gmane.org>
2003-06-23 11:54           ` Arjan van de Ven
2003-06-23 11:54             ` Arjan van de Ven

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