From: James Cleverdon <jamesclv@us.ibm.com>
To: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com>
Cc: Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.6.1-mm2: Get irq_vector size right for generic subarch UP installer kernels
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 12:01:43 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200401141201.43324.jamesclv@us.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1074108886.11035.59.camel@mulgrave>
On Wednesday 14 January 2004 11:34 am, James Bottomley wrote:
> I don't think this:
>
> +# if defined(CONFIG_X86_SUMMIT) || defined(CONFIG_X86_GENERICARCH)
>
> Is a good idea. You're contaminating the default subarch with another
> subarch specific #define.
>
> generic arch additions are fine here, but you should find a better way
> to abstract the summit stuff.
>
> James
Sorry, but we've had distro installer kernels, which are uni-proc generic
subarch kernels, blow up with array overflows on large systems.
What would you suggest I do instead?
--
James Cleverdon
IBM xSeries Linux Solutions
{jamesclv(Unix, preferred), cleverdj(Notes)} at us dot ibm dot comm
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-01-14 20:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-01-14 19:34 [PATCH] 2.6.1-mm2: Get irq_vector size right for generic subarch UP installer kernels James Bottomley
2004-01-14 20:01 ` James Cleverdon [this message]
2004-01-14 21:49 ` James Bottomley
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2004-01-16 2:35 Nakajima, Jun
2004-01-18 19:06 ` Zwane Mwaikambo
2004-01-14 23:13 Nakajima, Jun
2004-01-15 4:36 ` Zwane Mwaikambo
2004-01-15 21:57 ` James Cleverdon
2004-01-15 22:40 ` Zwane Mwaikambo
2004-01-16 5:45 ` William Lee Irwin III
2004-01-15 22:42 ` Mika Penttilä
2004-01-14 21:50 Nakajima, Jun
2004-01-14 22:20 ` Zwane Mwaikambo
2004-01-14 0:26 James Cleverdon
2004-01-14 1:00 ` Zwane Mwaikambo
2004-01-14 19:59 ` James Cleverdon
2004-01-14 22:22 ` Zwane Mwaikambo
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