From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from cantor.suse.de ([195.135.220.2]:62102 "EHLO Cantor.suse.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267934AbUHaLeP (ORCPT ); Tue, 31 Aug 2004 07:34:15 -0400 Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 13:33:28 +0200 From: Andi Kleen Subject: Re: domain setup in 2.6.9rc1-bk6 Message-ID: <20040831113328.GA11830@wotan.suse.de> References: <20040831100924.GI26072@krispykreme> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040831100924.GI26072@krispykreme> To: Anton Blanchard Cc: Andi Kleen , nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au, akpm@osdl.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Aug 31, 2004 at 08:09:24PM +1000, Anton Blanchard wrote: > > > Problem is that I need a architecture specific hook to > > turn off SMT idle for AMD dual core CPUs, which otherwise > > look like SMT siblings. I suppose I will do more tunings > > in this area in the future anyways, so having it in the > > architecture would be better. > > From a ppc64 perspective I liked the merging of the domains code. > > We could have the ability to override generic domain setup per > architecture but leave all the default stuff in there. Currently all I want is to disable SD_SHARE_POWER when one flag is set. A simple way to do this would be appreciated. Later overriding would be fine. A simple way to do this would be to declare it weak. -Andi