Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264248AbTF0Lpx (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Jun 2003 07:45:53 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264256AbTF0Lpx (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Jun 2003 07:45:53 -0400 Received: from nat-pool-rdu.redhat.com ([66.187.233.200]:54107 "EHLO devserv.devel.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264248AbTF0Lpm (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Jun 2003 07:45:42 -0400 Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 11:59:34 +0000 From: Arjan van de Ven To: Hugh Dickins Cc: "Brown, Len" , "'Arjan van de Ven'" , "Grover, Andrew" , Andrew Morton , torvalds@transmeta.com, acpi-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [BK PATCH] acpismp=force fix Message-ID: <20030627115934.D16156@devserv.devel.redhat.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: ; from hugh@veritas.com on Fri, Jun 27, 2003 at 12:58:17PM +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1162 Lines: 30 On Fri, Jun 27, 2003 at 12:58:17PM +0100, Hugh Dickins wrote: > and in 2.4.22-pre (which thus diverges from 2.4.21). That surprises me, > but I'd definitely defer to Arjan's preference. for 2.4 it's a matter of compatability; also Andrew said it made the code cleaner actually. > > Re: "acpismp=force" > > I wouldn't miss it. Sounds unanimous. > > It did have some point before, recent changes have rendered it pointless, > and even if those changes get revised, there'll be a better way than the > confusing "acpismp=force". it became mostly useless when the automatic detection based on CPU flag went it > > Re: "noht" > > To disable HT on a uni-processor, wouldn't it be preferable to simply run > > the UP kernel rather than the SMP kernel with HT disabled? > > Yes, though wouldn't BIOS be able to disable it on those too? not all bioses have such a setting unfortionatly so it remains a useful option. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/