From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1762691AbXKOSDS (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:03:18 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752218AbXKOSDH (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:03:07 -0500 Received: from pasmtpb.tele.dk ([80.160.77.98]:58728 "EHLO pasmtpB.tele.dk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755241AbXKOSDG (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:03:06 -0500 Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 19:04:36 +0100 From: Sam Ravnborg To: Adrian Bunk Cc: tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@redhat.com, hpa@zytor.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] x86: revert X86_HT semantics change Message-ID: <20071115180436.GA23517@uranus.ravnborg.org> References: <20071115161703.GR4250@stusta.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20071115161703.GR4250@stusta.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 05:17:03PM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote: > The x86 unification resulted in CONFIG_X86_HT no longer being > set if (X86_32 && MK8). Yup - my bad. I wrongly assumed MK8 was an X86_64 thing. Thanks for fixing this. > > After grep'ing through the tree I think the problem is that different > places have different assumptions about the semantics of CONFIG_X86_HT, > either: > - hyperthreading or > - multicore > and the SCHED_SMT and SCHED_MC dependencies are just one of the > symptoms. > > This should be sorted out properly, but until then we should keep the > 2.6.23 status quo. > > Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg I assume Thomas & Co will forward the patch. Sam