[RFC] Add Arm cpu topology definition

[Vincent Guittot]

On 16 June 2011 15:24, Christian Robottom Reis <kiko at linaro.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 10:49:13AM +0200, Vincent Guittot wrote:
>> @@ -219,6 +219,24 @@ source "kernel/Kconfig.freezer"
>>
>>  menu "System Type"
>>
>> +config SCHED_MC
>> +     bool "Multi-core scheduler support"
>> +     depends on SMP && ARM_CPU_TOPOLOGY
>> +     default n
>> +     help
>> +       Multi-core scheduler support improves the CPU scheduler's decision
>> +       making when dealing with multi-core CPU chips at a cost of slightly
>> +       increased overhead in some places. If unsure say N here.
>> +
>> +config SCHED_SMT
>> +     bool "SMT scheduler support"
>> +     depends on SMP && ARM_CPU_TOPOLOGY
>> +     default n
>> +     help
>> +       Improves the CPU scheduler's decision making when dealing with
>> +       MultiThreading at a cost of slightly increased overhead in some
>> +       places. If unsure say N here.
>> +
>
> Quick question: the patch doesn't actually seem to use the SCHED_MC and
> SCHED_SMT config bits; is that actually correct?

The default config of the patch is to disable sched_mc and sched_smt.
The 1st goal is to let each platform enable and test the feature.
According to feedback, we could then change the default state of the
configuration

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