On Wed, Sep 20, 2006 at 12:42:17PM -0400, James Bottomley wrote: > On Wed, 2006-09-20 at 18:22 +0200, Andi Kleen wrote: > > Well that's your problem then. Just add the remapping array. > > I don't see why I should be the one to add unnecessary obfuscation. > Using the current ID scheme, the user always knows exactly where to find > CPU<n> in the chassis (and they are separately installable and > removable). Why should I make up a new identity scheme that would have > no relation to the hardware? Because it makes it easier to write other code? We don't really want any unnecessary limiting assumptions in arch/i386 just because of some obscure machine with one user. -Andi
