From: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org>
To: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@hp.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
linux-pci@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: add X86_UPDATE_MPTABLE option
Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 10:39:33 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4A119D55.4040703@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200905180941.06988.bjorn.helgaas@hp.com>
Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> On Saturday 16 May 2009 10:44:59 am Yinghai Lu wrote:
>
>> +config X86_UPDATE_MPTABLE
>> + bool "Enable update mptable according to acpi" if ACPI
>> + default n
>> + depends on X86_MPPARSE && ACPI
>
> Is this any use without CONFIG_KEXEC? Maybe it should depend on
> KEXEC as well? Or maybe we don't need a new option at all, and
> could just put this code under CONFIG_KEXEC directly.
If ACPI is not compiled in, we don't need it that too.
>
>> + ---help---
>> + some systems do not have correct mptable. with "update_mptable" or
>> + "alloc_mptable" kernel could try to update mptable according to DSDT.
>> + Then could use kexec to start second kernel (even old) without acpi
>> + support or "acpi=off"
>
> Please use English conventions such as starting sentences with capital
> letters and capitalizing thing like "ACPI."
ok.
YH
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-05-18 17:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-05-15 19:51 [PATCH] x86: update_mptable need pci_routeirq Yinghai Lu
2009-05-15 19:53 ` [PATCH] x86/acpi: don't call mp_config_acpi_gsi if update_mptable is not used Yinghai Lu
2009-05-18 7:40 ` [tip:irq/numa] x86, irq: don't call mp_config_acpi_gsi() if update_mptable is not enabled tip-bot for Yinghai Lu
2009-05-15 21:07 ` [PATCH] x86: update_mptable need pci_routeirq Bjorn Helgaas
2009-05-15 21:13 ` Yinghai Lu
2009-05-15 21:52 ` Bjorn Helgaas
2009-05-15 22:03 ` Yinghai Lu
2009-05-15 22:08 ` Bjorn Helgaas
2009-05-16 10:25 ` Ingo Molnar
2009-05-16 16:44 ` [PATCH] x86: add X86_UPDATE_MPTABLE option Yinghai Lu
2009-05-18 15:41 ` Bjorn Helgaas
2009-05-18 17:39 ` Yinghai Lu [this message]
2009-05-18 17:59 ` [PATCH, v2] " Yinghai Lu
2009-05-18 20:58 ` Bjorn Helgaas
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