* Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> wrote:

> 
> * Jack Steiner <steiner@sgi.com> wrote:
> 
> > A patch is coming that requires earlier detection of system type (UV 
> > or non-UV) Move the logic that detects whether running on UV to 
> > acpi_boot_table_init().
> 
> > ===================================================================
> > --- linux.orig/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c	2008-07-09 11:14:03.000000000 -0500
> > +++ linux/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c	2008-07-09 11:14:33.000000000 -0500
> > @@ -1712,6 +1712,10 @@ int __init acpi_boot_table_init(void)
> >  		return error;
> >  	}
> >  
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
> > +	acpi_table_parse(ACPI_SIG_MADT, acpi_early_madt_oem_check);
> > +#endif
> > +
> >  	acpi_table_parse(ACPI_SIG_BOOT, acpi_parse_sbf);
> 
> why the assymetry? We should parse it regardless of 32-bit or 64-bit. 
> (even if UV is 64-bit only, obviously)

also, it doesnt build with the attached config:

arch/x86/kernel/genapic_64.c: In function ‘acpi_early_madt_oem_check':
arch/x86/kernel/genapic_64.c:71: error: dereferencing pointer to 
incomplete type

	Ingo