Re: [PATCH 1/1] x86-64: introduce struct pci_sysdata to facilitate sharing of ->sysdata

[Muli Ben-Yehuda <muli@il.ibm.com>]

On Wed, Jul 11, 2007 at 09:41:59AM -0700, Yinghai Lu wrote:
> Muli Ben-Yehuda wrote:
> >Andi, please consider applying for 2.6.23. Applies on top of the
> >Calgary update I just sent out ("Calgary: more updates for 2.6.23").
> >
> >This patch introduces struct pci_sysdata to x86 and x86-64, and
> >converts the existing two users (NUMA, Calgary) to use it.
> >
> >This lays the groundwork for having other users of sysdata, such as
> >the PCI domains work.
> >
> >The Calgary bits are tested, the NUMA bits just look ok.
> >
> >Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
> >Signed-off-by: Muli Ben-Yehuda <muli@il.ibm.com>
> 
> how about acpi=off in x86_64 system?

Are you asking if it works? my main victim machines don't boot at all
with acpi=off regardless of this patch so I can't test it there. I'll
try to find a sacrifical Opteron machine to try it on.

> You maybe update this with
> http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/6/29/246
> Andrew already sent that to Andi for 2.6.23

It's in Andi's "need more review" list, so I guess it depends on
Andi's preference which (if any) of these patches will go in
first. Andi?

Cheers,
Muli