Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:09:11 -0800 | From | "Yinghai Lu" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] x86_64: make amd quad core 8 socket system not be clustered_box v2 |
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On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 12:32 PM, Ravikiran Thirumalai <kiran@scalemp.com> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 11:00:58AM -0800, Yinghai Lu wrote: > > > >1. if acpi=off ? > > Well that is not a realistic scenario for any multi chassi NUMA machine, > since the proximity information is very important and turning acpi off > deprives the OS of this information. > > > >2. some system will be treated wrong. > >my four sockets system > >ACPI: SLIT: nodes = 4 > > 10 13 13 16 > > 13 10 16 13 > > 13 16 10 13 > > 16 13 13 10 > >my eight sockets system > > This makes it difficult to use SLIT for multi chassi detection then :(. > Did not know such SLIT tables existed on single board machines. Yes
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