Re: [patch] x86: reduce srat verbosity in the kernel log

[Pavel Machek]

Hi!

> There's two problems outlined in this discussion:
> 
>  A) too verbose bootup that is annoying with 64 CPUs and a show-stopper
>     with 4096 CPUs.
> 
>  B) the ad-hoc nature of our topology enumeration. Some of it is in
>     /sys, some of it is in printk logs. None really works well and 
>     there's no structure in it.
> 
> The simplest solution for (A) is what i suggested a few mails ago: dont 
> print the information by default, but allow (for trouble-shooting) 
> purposes for it to be printed when a boot option is passed.

Well, yes, it is *simplest*, but is it best? Example printing 'cpus
0-31 stepping 3, cpus 32-63 stepping 4' seem rather convincing --such
info should be there by default and not after speciial option...
									Pavel
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