Re: 2.6.5-rc3-mm4 x86_64 sched domains patch

[Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>]

On Thu, 08 Apr 2004 16:22:09 -0700
Darren Hart <dvhltc@us.ibm.com> wrote:


> 
> This patch is intended as a quick fix for the x86_64 problem, and

Ingo's latest tweaks seemed to already cure STREAM, but some more
tuning is probably a good idea agreed.

> doesn't solve the problem of how to build generic sched domain
> topologies.  We can certainly conceive of various topologies for x86
> systems, so even arch specific topologies may not be sufficient.  Would
> sub-arch (ie NUMAQ) be the right way to handle different topologies, or
> will we be able to autodiscover the appropriate topology?  I will be
> looking into this more, but thought some might benefit from an immediate
> x86_64 fix.  I am very interested in hearing your ideas on this.


The patch doesn't apply against 2.6.5-mm5 anymore. Can you generate a new patch? 
I will test it then.

Also it will need merging with the patch that adds SMT support for IA32e machines
on x86-64.

-Andi