[PATCH] Fake NUMA emulation for PowerPC

David Rientjes rientjes at google.com
Sat Dec 8 10:06:55 EST 2007


On Fri, 7 Dec 2007, Olof Johansson wrote:

> > Comments are as always welcome!
> 
> Care to explain what this is useful for? (Not saying it's a stupid idea,
> just wondering what the reason for doing it is).
> 

Fake NUMA has always been useful for testing NUMA code without having to 
have a wide range of hardware available to you.  It's a clever tool on 
x86_64 intended for kernel developers that simply makes it easier to test 
code and adds an increased level of robustness to the kernel.  I think 
it's a valuable addition.



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