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From: Roland Dreier <rdreier@cisco.com>
Subject: Re: [IB] 2.6.31-rc9: SW2HW_EQ failed on Dell R610
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 2009 09:36:56 -0700
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 > > The workaround of limiting possible cpus to 16 should be OK for the time
 > > between 2.6.31 and 2.6.31.1.

 > Why not merge it immediately? Dell R610s are fairly standard.

I think it's too late now post-rc9 ... it's not a regression (I think
the bug has been there since 2.6.29) and I think Linus would prefer to
minimize the # of patches that go in now.

 - R.