From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
To: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com>
Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>, Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Subject: Re: [patch 05/14] percpu: Use a Kconfig variable to configure arch specific percpu setup
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:05:01 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <474CB0AD.2080800@oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0711271600510.7293@schroedinger.engr.sgi.com>
Christoph Lameter wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Nov 2007, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>
>>> +config ARCH_SETS_UP_PER_CPU_AREA
>>> + bool
>>> + default y
>> def_bool y
>> is the preferred form for those 2-liners above...
>>
>>
>>> +
>>> config ARCH_NO_VIRT_TO_BUS
>>> def_bool y
>>>
>
> Ok. Changed.
>
> x86 should use
>
> config ARCH_SETS_UP_PER_CPU_AREA
> def_bool X86_64
>
> ?
Yes, you can do
def_bool <config symbol>
as well to make the new symbol be variable instead of constant.
--
~Randy
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-11-28 0:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 72+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-11-27 0:14 [patch 00/14] Per cpu code simplification Christoph Lameter
2007-11-27 0:14 ` [patch 01/14] Modules: Handle symbols that have a zero value Christoph Lameter
2007-11-27 0:14 ` [patch 02/14] Modules: Include sections.h to avoid defining linker variables explicitly Christoph Lameter
2007-11-27 0:14 ` [patch 03/14] Modules: Fold percpu_modcopy into module.c and get rid of the macro from hell Christoph Lameter
2007-11-27 0:14 ` [patch 04/14] ia64: Remove the __SMALL_ADDR_AREA attribute for per cpu access Christoph Lameter
2007-11-27 0:14 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-11-27 5:20 ` David Mosberger-Tang
2007-11-27 5:20 ` David Mosberger-Tang
2007-11-27 18:15 ` [patch 04/14] ia64: Remove the __SMALL_ADDR_AREA attribute for Christoph Lameter
2007-11-27 18:15 ` [patch 04/14] ia64: Remove the __SMALL_ADDR_AREA attribute for per cpu access Christoph Lameter
2007-11-27 21:10 ` David Mosberger-Tang
2007-11-27 21:10 ` David Mosberger-Tang
2007-11-27 21:18 ` [patch 04/14] ia64: Remove the __SMALL_ADDR_AREA attribute for Christoph Lameter
2007-11-27 21:18 ` [patch 04/14] ia64: Remove the __SMALL_ADDR_AREA attribute for per cpu access Christoph Lameter
2007-11-27 21:27 ` David Mosberger-Tang
2007-11-27 21:27 ` David Mosberger-Tang
2007-11-27 22:02 ` [patch 04/14] ia64: Remove the __SMALL_ADDR_AREA attribute for Christoph Lameter
2007-11-27 22:02 ` [patch 04/14] ia64: Remove the __SMALL_ADDR_AREA attribute for per cpu access Christoph Lameter
2007-11-27 9:30 ` Andreas Schwab
2007-11-27 9:30 ` Andreas Schwab
2007-11-27 18:17 ` [patch 04/14] ia64: Remove the __SMALL_ADDR_AREA attribute for Christoph Lameter
2007-11-27 18:17 ` [patch 04/14] ia64: Remove the __SMALL_ADDR_AREA attribute for per cpu access Christoph Lameter
2007-11-27 21:24 ` Andreas Schwab
2007-11-27 21:24 ` Andreas Schwab
2007-11-27 21:38 ` [patch 04/14] ia64: Remove the __SMALL_ADDR_AREA attribute for Christoph Lameter
2007-11-27 21:38 ` [patch 04/14] ia64: Remove the __SMALL_ADDR_AREA attribute for per cpu access Christoph Lameter
2007-11-27 22:14 ` [patch 04/14] ia64: Remove the __SMALL_ADDR_AREA attribute for Adrian Bunk
2007-11-27 22:14 ` [patch 04/14] ia64: Remove the __SMALL_ADDR_AREA attribute for per cpu access Adrian Bunk
2007-11-27 0:14 ` [patch 05/14] percpu: Use a Kconfig variable to configure arch specific percpu setup Christoph Lameter
2007-11-27 4:30 ` Rusty Russell
2007-11-27 18:14 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-11-28 1:36 ` Rusty Russell
2007-11-28 18:51 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-11-28 23:17 ` Rusty Russell
2007-11-28 23:36 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-11-30 2:23 ` Rusty Russell
2007-11-28 23:45 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-11-29 0:11 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-11-29 1:18 ` Andi Kleen
2007-11-29 1:27 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-11-29 1:30 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-11-29 1:32 ` Andi Kleen
2007-11-29 1:35 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-11-29 1:42 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-11-29 1:48 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-11-29 1:54 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-11-29 2:06 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-11-29 5:29 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-11-29 6:08 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-11-29 6:10 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-11-27 23:40 ` Randy Dunlap
2007-11-28 0:03 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-11-28 0:05 ` Randy Dunlap [this message]
2007-11-27 0:14 ` [patch 06/14] percpu: Move arch XX_PER_CPU_XX definitions into linux/percpu.h Christoph Lameter
2007-11-27 0:14 ` [patch 07/14] percpu: Make the asm-generic/percpu.h more generic Christoph Lameter
2007-11-27 0:14 ` [patch 08/14] x86_32: Use generic percpu.h Christoph Lameter
2007-11-27 0:14 ` [patch 09/14] x86_64: Use generic percpu Christoph Lameter
2007-11-27 0:14 ` [patch 10/14] s390: " Christoph Lameter
2007-11-27 0:14 ` [patch 11/14] Powerpc: Use generic per cpu Christoph Lameter
2007-11-27 7:41 ` Kumar Gala
2007-11-27 18:16 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-11-27 20:58 ` Paul Mackerras
2007-11-27 21:13 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-11-28 2:35 ` Paul Mackerras
2007-11-28 18:54 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-12-02 20:55 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-11-27 0:14 ` [patch 12/14] Sparc64: Use generic percpu Christoph Lameter
2007-11-27 0:14 ` [patch 13/14] ia64: " Christoph Lameter
2007-11-27 0:14 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-11-27 1:37 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-11-27 1:37 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-11-27 0:14 ` [patch 14/14] x86: Unify percpu.h Christoph Lameter
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