On Mon, 2005-07-11 at 08:09 -0600, Zwane Mwaikambo wrote: > On Mon, 11 Jul 2005, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > > > On Mon, 2005-07-11 at 03:59 +0200, Andi Kleen wrote: > > > Why per node? Why not go the whole way and make it per CPU? > > > > Agreed, for two reasons even > > 1) Per cpu allows for even more devices and cache locality > > 2) While few people have a NUMA system, many have an SMP system so you > > get a lot more testing. > > Agreed, the first version was a per cpu one simply so that i could test it > on a normal SMP system. Andi seems to be of the same opinion, what do you > think of the hotplug cpu case (explained in previous email)?
you need to cope with hotplug of entire nodes anyway, or hotunplug of the last cpu of a node. In fact I bet that the administration needed will be LESS in the per cpu case (since you know it's the only one) compared to the per node case. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/