Re: [PATCH] MAXCPU alterable in kernel config - needs testers

From: Kip Macy <kmacy_at_fsmware.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2006 16:53:38 -0700 (PDT)
> Current MD code does not provide useful CPU topology data structure,
> it is impossible to write a locality aware scheduler for sun4v and other
> NUMA architectures.

This is incorrect with respect to sun4v. The MD code obtains a "machine
description" from the hypervisor. You are correct in that there is no
interface to MI code.

					-Kip
Received on Sun Oct 08 2006 - 21:53:41 UTC

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