Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261840AbTKGXhy (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Nov 2003 18:37:54 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261838AbTKGWR3 (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Nov 2003 17:17:29 -0500 Received: from ecbull20.frec.bull.fr ([129.183.4.3]:2727 "EHLO ecbull20.frec.bull.fr") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263935AbTKGIP5 (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Nov 2003 03:15:57 -0500 Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 09:13:11 +0100 (CET) From: Sylvain Jeaugey X-X-Sender: sylvain@localhost.localdomain To: Matthew Wilcox cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, , Subject: Re: [DMESG] cpumask_t in action In-Reply-To: <20031106165159.GE26869@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 X-MIMETrack: Itemize by SMTP Server on ECN002/FR/BULL(Release 5.0.12 |February 13, 2003) at 07/11/2003 09:19:54, Serialize by Router on ECN002/FR/BULL(Release 5.0.12 |February 13, 2003) at 07/11/2003 09:19:59, Serialize complete at 07/11/2003 09:19:59 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1408 Lines: 30 On Thu, 6 Nov 2003, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > > ACPI: SRAT Processor (id[0x00] eid[0x00]) in proximity domain 0 enabled > > ACPI: SRAT Processor (id[0x20] eid[0x00]) in proximity domain 0 enabled [...] > > ACPI: SRAT Processor (id[0x00] eid[0x5e]) in proximity domain 47 enabled > > ACPI: SRAT Processor (id[0x20] eid[0x5e]) in proximity domain 47 enabled > > ... for example ;-) 96 lines which honestly tell me nothing. > > > ACPI: SRAT Memory (0x0000003000000000 length 0x0000001000000000 type 0x1) in proximity domain 0 enabled > > ACPI: SRAT Memory (0x000000b000000000 length 0x0000001000000000 type 0x1) in proximity domain 1 enabled > [ snip 44 lines ] > > ACPI: SRAT Memory (0x0000173000000000 length 0x0000001000000000 type 0x1) in proximity domain 46 enabled > > ACPI: SRAT Memory (0x000017b000000000 length 0x0000001000000000 type 0x1) in proximity domain 47 enabled > > ... and again. > These lines show you the numa topology of your machine (in our case, we have 2 CPUS per domain, and a memory area). This is quite a big piece of information about hardware. Even if it is quite long, I think it should be part of the ACPI information. Sylvain - 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/