From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754756AbZHUAiG (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:38:06 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753464AbZHUAiF (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:38:05 -0400 Received: from one.firstfloor.org ([213.235.205.2]:38501 "EHLO one.firstfloor.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751860AbZHUAiD (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:38:03 -0400 Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 02:38:04 +0200 From: Andi Kleen To: Suresh Siddha Cc: Andi Kleen , Alex Chiang , "hpa@zytor.com" , "mingo@redhat.com" , "tglx@linutronix.de" , "x86@kernel.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: add /proc/cpuinfo/physical id quirks Message-ID: <20090821003804.GE29994@basil.fritz.box> References: <20090814163618.GQ7185@ldl.fc.hp.com> <1250276831.3077.17.camel@sbs-t61.sc.intel.com> <20090814192730.GA6431@ldl.fc.hp.com> <1250279799.3077.41.camel@sbs-t61.sc.intel.com> <20090819210251.GD13061@ldl.fc.hp.com> <1250794594.2754.10.camel@sbs-t61.sc.intel.com> <20090820205425.GF13061@ldl.fc.hp.com> <20090820210342.GC29994@basil.fritz.box> <1250803348.2754.26.camel@sbs-t61.sc.intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1250803348.2754.26.camel@sbs-t61.sc.intel.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > If we really think overloading the "physical id" helps with existing > software, then I am ok with changing the user visible part of the /proc/ > or /sys files but not with the kernel's per cpu info's phys_proc_id, > which is used for topology detection etc. It's not just the cpuinfo, but also the socketid reported for machine check. But yes converting it only for those two would be a possibility. -Andi -- ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only.