[PATCH] ppc64 memory model depends on NUMA
    Joel Schopp 
    jschopp at austin.ibm.com
       
    Thu Oct 27 03:25:55 EST 2005
    
    
  
> Currently when we first select memory model (FLAT, DISCONTIG, SPARSE)
> then select whether the machine is NUMA.  However NUMA systems may not
> be FLAT.  This constraint it not honoured and we may configure a NUMA/FLAT
> system.
The result of which is that without this patch people were configuring kernels 
that didn't compile.  Because this change is straightforward and fixes a real 
problem, I believe it should go either into 2.6.14 or 2.6.14.x .
    
    
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