Steve Isaacs wrote: > Thanks. > > On Tue, 2007-12-04 at 10:18 -0700, Marc Jones wrote: > >> CONFIG_MAX_CPUS : Saves space in the ACPI tables and additional stack >> space for maximum possible number of cores in the system. Might be >> better named as CONFIG_MAX_CPUs_CORES (AMD only) >> >> CONFIG_MAX_PHYSICAL_CPUS: Used to set memory SPD addresses and in >> coherent HyperTransport initialization (AMD only) >> >> CONFIG_LOGICAL_CPUS : This is the flag to build in multi-core support. >> Similar to CONFIG_MAX_CPUS but only set to 0 or 1. (Used by AMD and >> Intel code) >> >> Your setup: >> CONFIG_MAX_CPUS : 4 - 4 cores >> CONFIG_MAX_PHYSICAL_CPUS: 2 - 2 CPUs >> CONFIG_LOGICAL_CPUS : 1 - build multi core support in. >> >> > > I'm not suggesting a change. I'm just trying to make sure I understand > the semantics. > > So, would it make sense to think of it as having an option that defines > the number of cores per CPU (e.g. CONFIG_CORES_PER_CPU) and let > CONFIG_MAX_CPUS equal CONFIG_MAX_PHYSICAL_CPUS * CONFIG_CORES_PER_CPU? > > Steve > > >
I would ack that patch. Marc -- Marc Jones Senior Firmware Engineer (970) 226-9684 Office mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.amd.com/embeddedprocessors -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios