Re: [RFC][PATCH] i386: Per node IDT

[Arjan van de Ven]

On Mon, 2005-07-11 at 03:59 +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
> Why per node? Why not go the whole way and make it per CPU?

Agreed, for two reasons even
1) Per cpu allows for even more devices and cache locality
2) While few people have a NUMA system, many have an SMP system so you
get a lot more testing.


> I would also not define it statically, but allocate it at boot time
> in node local memory.

this is probably more tricky so I would suggest doing this in a second
step.

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