[coreboot] newconfig to Kconfig for Dummies

[Stefan Reinauer]

On 2/5/10 5:17 PM, ron minnich wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 1:29 AM, Stefan Reinauer <stepan at coresystems.de> wrote:
>   
>> On 2/5/10 5:28 AM, Myles Watson wrote:
>>     
>>>> -CONFIG_LOGICAL_CPUS  = 0x0 - Why would newconfig specify 0 cpus???
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> LOGICAL_CPUS is code for multiple cores.  In this case I'm assuming that
>>> your CPU is single-core.
>>>       
>> Also, despite what the name implies, this is a "boolean" type of value,
>> 0 meaning no and 1 meaning yes. It's not a number.
>>     
> I wish we could change that name.
>
> Doesn't it really mean cores?
>   
I think it means CONFIG_SMP while CONFIG_SMP means "create an IRQ table" ;-)

Yes, cores is right. but also "threads" of hyperthreading. My
hyperthreading dual core atom shows four logical cpus :-)


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