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SubjectRe: [PATCH RFC v2 1/3] drivers/platform/x86: add cpu physically hotplug driver
On Thu, Jun 06, 2013 at 09:40:33AM +0800, liguang wrote:
> this driver will support cpu phyical add/removal automatically
> after online/offline. if cpu hotpluged, cpu will not
> online automatically, and for cpu offline, we try to
> do actually eject if allowed for cpu like
> "echo 1 > /sys/bus/acpi/devices/LNXCPU\:0X/eject"
> this "echo ..." is only present for recent kernel
> (sorry, can't figure out since when), for a little
> older kernel, there's not such approach AFAICS.
>
> Signed-off-by: liguang <lig.fnst@cn.fujitsu.com>
> ---
> drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig | 8 ++++
> drivers/platform/x86/Makefile | 1 +
> drivers/platform/x86/cpu_physic_hotplug.c | 60 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 3 files changed, 69 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> create mode 100644 drivers/platform/x86/cpu_physic_hotplug.c
>
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig b/drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig
> index 8577261..39b2392 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig
> @@ -789,4 +789,12 @@ config PVPANIC
> a paravirtualized device provided by QEMU; it lets a virtual machine
> (guest) communicate panic events to the host.
>
> +config QEMU_CPU_PHYSIC_HOTPLUG

This is hillarious: have you actually checked the dictionary on the
meaning of "physic"?

Yep, "laxative" because the kernel is constipated and can't hold its
CPUs anymore.

LOOOL :-).

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Boris.

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