From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755974AbYKDTh3 (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Nov 2008 14:37:29 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751938AbYKDThV (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Nov 2008 14:37:21 -0500 Received: from mx2.redhat.com ([66.187.237.31]:44143 "EHLO mx2.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751851AbYKDThU (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Nov 2008 14:37:20 -0500 Message-ID: <4910A43B.5030908@redhat.com> Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:36:27 -0500 From: Chris Snook User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (X11/20080723) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: KOSAKI Motohiro CC: LKML Subject: Re: [PATCH] change CONFIG_NUMA description References: <20081105022553.7CB2.KOSAKI.MOTOHIRO@jp.fujitsu.com> In-Reply-To: <20081105022553.7CB2.KOSAKI.MOTOHIRO@jp.fujitsu.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org KOSAKI Motohiro wrote: > CONFIG_NUMA description talk about a bit old thing. > So, following changes are better. > > o CONFIG_NUMA is no longer EXPERIMENTAL > o Opteron is not the only processor of NUMA topology on x86_64 no longer, but also Intel Core7i has it. > > > Signed-off-by: KOSAKI Motohiro a) It's Core i7, not Core 7i b) Core i7 is, at least so far, the single-socket version, so NUMA doesn't apply. I think we should let Intel write the CONFIG_NUMA description for Nehalem processors. -- Chris