>> > 2. intel cross node box: node0: 0g-2g, 4g-6g, node1: 2g-4g, 6g-8g. i
>> > don't think they have two bdata struct for every node.
>>
>> How do the bdata structures represent this setup right now? Are you
>> sure that there is not a node descriptor for every contiguous region?
>
>
http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/3/25/233
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> Subject [patch] srat, x86_64: Add support for nodes spanning other nodes
>
> For example, If the physical address layout on a two node system with 8 GB
> memory is something like:
> node 0: 0-2GB, 4-6GB
> node 1: 2-4GB, 6-8GB
>
> Current kernels fail to boot/detect this NUMA topology.
>
> ACPI SRAT tables can expose such a topology which needs to be supported.
>
> Signed-off-by: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com>