Re: [RFC 6/8] x86_64: Define the macros and tables for the basic UV infrastructure.

From: Andi Kleen
Date: Tue Mar 25 2008 - 06:11:22 EST


Jack Steiner <steiner@xxxxxxx> writes:

> Define the macros and tables for the basic UV infrastructure.
>
>
> (NOTE: a work-in-progress. Pieces missing....)

Does the kernel really need all this information? You just want
to address the UV-APIC right? I suspect you could use a much stripped
down file.

> +DECLARE_PER_CPU(struct uv_hub_info_s, __uv_hub_info);
> +#define uv_hub_info (&__get_cpu_var(__uv_hub_info))
> +#define uv_cpu_hub_info(cpu) (&per_cpu(__uv_hub_info, cpu))
> +
> +/* This header file is used in BIOS code that runs in physical mode */

Not sure what physical mode is.

> +#ifdef __BIOS__
> +#define UV_ADDR(x) ((unsigned long *)(x))
> +#else
> +#define UV_ADDR(x) ((unsigned long *)__va(x))
> +#endif

But it it would be cleaner if your BIOS just supplied a suitable __va()
and then you remove these macros.

-Andi
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