On Tuesday 02 May 2006 21:56, Martin Bligh wrote:
> Andi Kleen wrote:
> > On Tuesday 02 May 2006 21:48, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> >
> >>* Andi Kleen <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>i386: Panic the system early when a NUMA kernel doesn't run on IBM
> >>>NUMA
> >>
> >>nah! Lets just fix the zone sizing bug ...
> >
> >
> > The problem is that nobody regression tests it. So even if you fix it
> > now it will be likely broken again in a few months.
>
> We can add a box to the test.kernel.org harness easily enough, and
> it will show up with an eerie red glow.
Single box is not enough - there are many possible combinations
(e.g. Opteron NUMA, IBM NUMA, no NUMA small box, big box with weird
mappings etc.). Basically you would need a real tester base.
-Andi
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