Re: [PATCH] x86: unify "numa=" command line option handling

[Jan Beulich]

>>> On 07.01.11 at 20:55, David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I still don't think it meets the stable kernel rules.  The changelog 
> explicitly states that we do not want to disable ACPI completely, so the 
> only numa= command line option that would possibly be useful on 32-bit is 
> numa=off in this case.  If you're compiling a 32-bit kernel for a machine 
> with SRAT entries that can't be parsed by the kernel, then there's still 
> no explanation as to why CONFIG_NUMA=n won't fix it.

In distro kernels you have no control over the configuration, yet you
may want the kernel to boot on a particular machine.

Jan

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