Re: [2.6 patch] x86: revert X86_HT semantics change

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On Thu, 15 Nov 2007, Sam Ravnborg wrote:

> On Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 05:17:03PM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > The x86 unification resulted in CONFIG_X86_HT no longer being
> > set if (X86_32 && MK8).
> Yup - my bad. I wrongly assumed MK8 was an X86_64 thing.
> 
> Thanks for fixing this.
> > 
> > After grep'ing through the tree I think the problem is that different 
> > places have different assumptions about the semantics of CONFIG_X86_HT,
> > either:
> > - hyperthreading or
> > - multicore
> > and the SCHED_SMT and SCHED_MC dependencies are just one of the 
> > symptoms.
> > 
> > This should be sorted out properly, but until then we should keep the 
> > 2.6.23 status quo.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <[email protected]>
> Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <[email protected]>
> 
> I assume Thomas & Co will forward the patch.

After looking what does what and fixing it. 

Right now this patch is not a 1:1 replacement of the .23 status quo,
as it now makes SCHED_SMT and SCHED_HT depend on !MK8 for 64bit.

     tglx
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