Re: [PATCH 0/2] Relax restrictions on setting CONFIG_NUMA on x86

From: Andi Kleen
Date: Sat Jan 19 2008 - 01:35:37 EST


Mel Gorman <mel@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> A fix[1] was merged to the x86.git tree that allowed NUMA kernels to boot
> on normal x86 machines (and not just NUMA-Q, Summit etc.). I took a look
> at the restrictions on setting NUMA on x86 to see if they could be lifted.

The problem with i386 CONFIG_NUMA previously was not that it didn't
boot on normal non NUMA systems, but that it didn't boot on very
common NUMA systems: Opterons. Have you tested if that is fixed now?

-Andi
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