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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Andreas Herrmann <herrmann.der.user@googlemail.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86, k8-gart: Decouple handling of garts and northbridges
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 10:09:56 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4C77F164.8000100@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100827075945.GA5348@loge.amd.com>

On 08/27/2010 12:59 AM, Andreas Herrmann wrote:
> From: Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@amd.com>
> 
> So far we only provide num_k8_northbridges. This is required in
> different areas (e.g. L3 cache index disable, GART). But not all AMD
> CPUs provide a GART. Thus it is useful to split off the GART handling
> from the generic caching of AMD northbridge misc devices.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@amd.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/include/asm/k8.h             |   13 +++++---
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_cacheinfo.c |    4 +-
>  arch/x86/kernel/k8.c                  |   52 +++++++++++++++++++--------------
>  arch/x86/kernel/pci-gart_64.c         |   27 +++++++++++------
>  drivers/char/agp/amd64-agp.c          |   33 ++++++++++++++------
>  drivers/edac/amd64_edac.c             |    2 +-
>  6 files changed, 82 insertions(+), 49 deletions(-)
> 
> 
> Please apply.
> 

>From just looking at it: isn't this patch going to break compiling with
CONFIG_K8_NB=n?

	-hpa


-- 
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.


  reply	other threads:[~2010-08-27 17:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-08-27  7:59 [PATCH] x86, k8-gart: Decouple handling of garts and northbridges Andreas Herrmann
2010-08-27 17:09 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2010-08-30 13:59   ` Andreas Herrmann
2010-08-31  6:38 ` [PATCH 0/3] x86: misc K8_NB updates Andreas Herrmann
2010-08-31  6:41   ` [PATCH 1/3] x86, cacheinfo: Fix dependency of AMD L3 CID Andreas Herrmann
2010-08-31  6:42   ` [PATCH 2/3] x86, k8-gart: Decouple handling of garts and northbridges Andreas Herrmann
2010-08-31  6:44   ` [PATCH 3/3] x86, k8: Rename k8.[ch] to amd_nb.[ch] and CONFIG_K8_NB to CONFIG_AMD_NB Andreas Herrmann

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