Re: [2.6 patch] some fixups for the X86_NUMAQ dependencies

["Martin J. Bligh" <mbligh@mbligh.org>]

> > > config X86_NUMAQ
> > > 	bool "NUMAQ (IBM/Sequent)"
> > > +	select SMP
> > > 	select NUMA
> > > 	help
> > > 	  This option is used for getting Linux to run on a (IBM/Sequent) 
> > > 	  NUMA
> > > @@ -419,6 +420,7 @@
> >
> > Surely NUMA should select SMP, not NUMA-Q?
>
> NUMA depends on SMP.
>
> Therefore, if you select NUMA, you have to ensure that SMP is enabled.

Yes. but that should link SMP -> NUMA -> NUMA-Q, not SMP directly to 
NUMA-Q, surely?

> NUMAQ can't be hidden since it doesn't has any dependencies.
> And this isn't what this comment is talking about (note the the 
> comment is only shown if NUMAQ was already select'ed).
>
> NUMAQ didn't fulfill the contract that when select'ing NUMA, it has to 
> ensure the dependencies of NUMA are fulfilled. My patch solves this 
> properly instead of telling the user through a comment that he ran into 
> this bug.

Yes, if that works, it's much cleaner. Perhaps we just had insufficient
config-fu to figure it out ... it looks good - I suppose I'd better test 
it, and make sure we don't hit the same thing we did before.

m.
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