In-Reply-To: <a762e240607061143s6470ad5y310986cba4f0b0bc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>I see you point. Flexability is good.
On Thu, 6 Jul 2006 11:43:37 -0700, Keith Mannthey wrote:
> On 7/6/06, Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > X86 Generic Architecture (X86_GENERICARCH) includes support for
> > Summit architecture. Enabling X86_GENERICARCH, SMP and HIGHMEM64G
> > allows NUMA to be selected but that configuration will not build
> > because it requires ACPI for the Summit NUMA support.
>
> Good catch. With X86_GENRICARCARCH perhaps NUMA should always be on
> or am I missing something with how it is supposed to work? Shouldn't
> X86_GENRICARCARCH buy you the ablility to boot(correctly) on all the
> diffrent archs listed?
AFAIK not all Summit machines are NUMA, so maybe the flexibility is
needed. e.g. some might want GENERICARCH without HIGHMEM64G.