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

[Zwane Mwaikambo]

On Mon, 11 Jul 2005, Arjan van de Ven wrote:

> 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.

Agreed, the first version was a per cpu one simply so that i could test it 
on a normal SMP system. Andi seems to be of the same opinion, what do you 
think of the hotplug cpu case (explained in previous email)?

Thanks Arjan,
	Zwane

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