Re: [PATCH 24/24] make vsmp a paravirt client

Andi Kleen
2007-11-13T13:09:57Z

> If vsmp is selected, PARAVIRT will be too, and the interrupt code will
> be patched.
> the vsmp option triggers a select statement.
>
> the ifdef only exists because, as I said, the code itself will be always
> compiled in, to avoid an ifdef in setup_64.c. So it's just a taking it
> from here, putting it there issue.

Peeking around needlessly in pci config space at each boot just to avoid an
ifdef is not an good idea.

-Andi