Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:16:54 +0200 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] cputopology: Always define CPU topology information [5th try] |
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* Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com> wrote:
> Not all architectures and configurations define CPU topology > information. This can result in an empty topology directory in sysfs, > and requires in-kernel users to protect all uses with #ifdef - see > <http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=120639033904472&w=2>. > > The documentation of CPU topology specifies what the defaults should > be if only partial information is available from the hardware. So we > can provide these defaults as a fallback. > > This patch: > > - Adds default definitions of the 4 topology macros to <linux/topology.h> > - Changes drivers/base/topology.c to use the topology macros unconditionally > - Updates documentation accordingly
applied to tip/core/topology - thanks Ben.
Ingo
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