Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 27 Jun 2003 11:59:34 +0000 | From | Arjan van de Ven <> | Subject | Re: [BK PATCH] acpismp=force fix |
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On Fri, Jun 27, 2003 at 12:58:17PM +0100, Hugh Dickins wrote: > and in 2.4.22-pre (which thus diverges from 2.4.21). That surprises me, > but I'd definitely defer to Arjan's preference.
for 2.4 it's a matter of compatability; also Andrew said it made the code cleaner actually.
> > Re: "acpismp=force" > > I wouldn't miss it. Sounds unanimous. > > It did have some point before, recent changes have rendered it pointless, > and even if those changes get revised, there'll be a better way than the > confusing "acpismp=force".
it became mostly useless when the automatic detection based on CPU flag went it
> > Re: "noht" > > To disable HT on a uni-processor, wouldn't it be preferable to simply run > > the UP kernel rather than the SMP kernel with HT disabled? > > Yes, though wouldn't BIOS be able to disable it on those too?
not all bioses have such a setting unfortionatly so it remains a useful option.
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