From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759927AbYABU7k (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Jan 2008 15:59:40 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756658AbYABU7b (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Jan 2008 15:59:31 -0500 Received: from relay2.sgi.com ([192.48.171.30]:53124 "EHLO relay.sgi.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756163AbYABU73 (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Jan 2008 15:59:29 -0500 Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2008 12:59:29 -0800 (PST) From: Christoph Lameter X-X-Sender: clameter@schroedinger.engr.sgi.com To: Ingo Molnar cc: Mike Travis , Andi Kleen , Andrew Morton , linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Rusty Russell , tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@redhat.com, "H. Peter Anvin" Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/10] x86_64: Use generic percpu In-Reply-To: <20071230141829.GA28415@elte.hu> Message-ID: References: <20071228001046.854702000@sgi.com> <20071228001047.556634000@sgi.com> <200712281354.52453.ak@suse.de> <47757311.5050503@sgi.com> <20071230141829.GA28415@elte.hu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, 30 Dec 2007, Ingo Molnar wrote: > to get more test feedback: what would be the best way to get this tested > in x86.git in a standalone way? Can i just pick up these 10 patches and > remove all the non-x86 arch changes, and expect it to work - or are the > other percpu preparatory/cleanup patches in -mm needed too? This is all you need. We intentionally did not include the other patches that go further.