Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 8/8] intel_idle: create a native cpuidle driver for select intel processors | From | Andi Kleen <> | Date | Sun, 30 May 2010 11:20:02 +0200 |
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Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org> writes:
>> ... What happens when an additional CPU is brought online? >> It melts? ;) > > With the current driver, processors hot-added after modprobe > will use C1 only, and not use deeper C-states.
I agree with Andrew that it will likely not be a lot of effort to restructure the driver to handle cpu hotplug properly, and it's better done from the beginning.
-Andi
-- ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only.
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