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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Automatic bigsmp detection for i386 systemswith

To: "Ian Pratt" <m+Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Automatic bigsmp detection for i386 systemswith more than 8 cpus
From: Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 13:44:10 +0100
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On 13 Sep 2005, at 12:18, Ian Pratt wrote:


If only we had a bigsmp to test it on :-)

From my POV it makes sense to include it, and a cursory look through
looked sane. Not sure whether Keir has had a chance to look yet.

I like to keep those files reasonably in sync with Linux, and prefer to do that with 'big bang' re-sync every one in a while. I don't see that patch in 2.6.13.1, and I'm wary about applying it until I see it in a mainline kernel.org kernel. In any case, the drawback of not applying right now is simply that bigsmp systems need bigsmp added to the boot line, which isn;t too much of a hardship for the very few users it affects. Probably I'll do another big re-sync with 2.6.14, and presumably that will get us the auto-bigsmp patch at the same time.

 -- Keir


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