Re: [2.6 patch] some fixups for the X86_NUMAQ dependencies

[Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>]

On Mon, Feb 20, 2006 at 09:39:38AM -0800, Martin J. Bligh wrote:
> >>>config X86_NUMAQ
> >>>	bool "NUMAQ (IBM/Sequent)"
> >>>+	select SMP
> >>>	select NUMA
> >>>	help
> >>>	  This option is used for getting Linux to run on a (IBM/Sequent) 
> >>>	  NUMA
> >>>@@ -419,6 +420,7 @@
> >>
> >>Surely NUMA should select SMP, not NUMA-Q?
> >
> >NUMA depends on SMP.
> >
> >Therefore, if you select NUMA, you have to ensure that SMP is enabled.
> 
> Yes. but that should link SMP -> NUMA -> NUMA-Q, not SMP directly to 
> NUMA-Q, surely?

The problem is that a select bypasses the dependencies of the select'ed 
symbol.

> >NUMAQ can't be hidden since it doesn't has any dependencies.
> >And this isn't what this comment is talking about (note the the 
> >comment is only shown if NUMAQ was already select'ed).
> >
> >NUMAQ didn't fulfill the contract that when select'ing NUMA, it has to 
> >ensure the dependencies of NUMA are fulfilled. My patch solves this 
> >properly instead of telling the user through a comment that he ran into 
> >this bug.
> 
> Yes, if that works, it's much cleaner. Perhaps we just had insufficient
> config-fu to figure it out ... it looks good - I suppose I'd better test 
> it, and make sure we don't hit the same thing we did before.

:-)

> m.

cu
Adrian

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