[2.6 patch] ia64: let NUMA select SMP
From: Adrian Bunk
Date: Thu Apr 24 2008 - 20:42:37 EST
On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 05:25:06PM -0700, Luck, Tony wrote:
> >> Build fix for CONFIG_NUMA=y && CONFIG_SMP=n
> >>...
> >
> > Why is this an allowed configuration on ia64?
>
> It shows up in allnoconfig ... probably because some
> bit of Kconfig forces NUMA=y.
allnoconfig results in CONFIG_IA64_GENERIC=y, which in turn selects NUMA.
What about the patch below instead?
> I can't imagine that it is ever a useful combination ... except to
> find places in the code where people have:
>
> #if defined(CONFIG_SMP)
> ...
> #else
>
> #if defined(CONFIG_NUMA) // !!! SMP=n, NUMA code???
> ...
> #endif
> #endif
>
>
> Which is what happened, and is being fixed, here.
If it isn't a useful combination such code makes no sense.
> -Tony
cu
Adrian
<-- snip -->
CONFIG_NUMA=y, CONFIG_SMP=n isn't a useful combination, so let NUMA
select SMP.
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
a94d43a82a3c5a95c82b9688e5adebca6dcb7acb diff --git a/arch/ia64/Kconfig b/arch/ia64/Kconfig
index cd13e13..19e8167 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/ia64/Kconfig
@@ -387,6 +387,7 @@ config NUMA
bool "NUMA support"
depends on !IA64_HP_SIM && !FLATMEM
default y if IA64_SGI_SN2
+ select SMP
select ACPI_NUMA if ACPI
help
Say Y to compile the kernel to support NUMA (Non-Uniform Memory
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