Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1765005AbYBZVLR (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:11:17 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1762911AbYBZVLB (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:11:01 -0500 Received: from rv-out-0910.google.com ([209.85.198.190]:25238 "EHLO rv-out-0910.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754271AbYBZVLA (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:11:00 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=a66aO6iIHWTujxt/E+agwwckj5YrECOZm5WfYnEaWKcUUB/UdnP/Be6Zai0XqttpGX/7Hfxszr7+Z/gRdfCSzfVBo6CM+HGa6M33nhcWj3F3SJcAd2W76ITekdo2PmINS+Rk8DTTJSBhYExlnXkz80hB2vj2ZXfcjCURdFyHVcs= Message-ID: <86802c440802261310y176cdfel38843e264bc71f82@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:10:57 -0800 From: "Yinghai Lu" To: "Ravikiran Thirumalai" Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86_64: make amd quad core 8 socket system not be clustered_box v2 Cc: "Andi Kleen" , "Ingo Molnar" , "Andrew Morton" , "Linux Kernel Mailing List" , shai@scalemp.com In-Reply-To: <20080226203235.GH5914@localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <200802232148.43255.yinghai.lu@sun.com> <20080225190819.GE3143@localdomain> <86802c440802251405w7025a8b2na5fde4dcbf56067e@mail.gmail.com> <20080226033945.GJ3143@localdomain> <20080226034625.GE21577@one.firstfloor.org> <20080226040541.GK3143@localdomain> <86802c440802252127i36fcd164xe6671aada160766a@mail.gmail.com> <20080226184235.GA5914@localdomain> <86802c440802261100j322ee6a6yef9108dc175de459@mail.gmail.com> <20080226203235.GH5914@localdomain> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 676 Lines: 18 On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 12:32 PM, Ravikiran Thirumalai wrote: > On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 11:00:58AM -0800, Yinghai Lu wrote: > > > >1. if acpi=off ? > > Well that is not a realistic scenario for any multi chassi NUMA machine, > since the proximity information is very important and turning acpi off > deprives the OS of this information. actually OS should detect the distance instead of rely on SLIT. YH -- 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/