On Tue, 6 Jun 2006 18:25:27 -0700 Bryce Harrington <bryce at osdl.org> wrote: > On Wed, Jun 07, 2006 at 09:59:01AM +0900, KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki wrote: > > On Tue, 06 Jun 2006 17:49:43 -0700 > > jnorman <jnorman at osdl.org> wrote: > > > > > Hi all: > > > > > > The /sys/devices/system/memory/probe file does not show up, here is what > > > I did: > > > > It's because ia64 box doesn't need /memory/probe, it's not configured. > > It is designed for powerpc at el. ia64 is considered to use acpi for hotplug. > > > > if you want "probe" interface for your test. Add followings to your > > /arch/ia64/Kconfig. > > == > > config ARCH_MEMORY_PROBE > > def_bool y > > depends on MEMORY_HOTPLUG > > == > > > > we (me and Goto) use above one and emulation codes for acpi in usual. > > Ah, that'd explain it. The docs on the website (at > http://lhms.sourceforge.net/howtouse.html) suggested all platforms would > use this probe file. > > Could you point us at docs for using acpi for doing the hotplug mem add? > Hmm...I have no documents for acpi emulation for memory add, now. please wait a bit, I'd like to write brief one for SMP. (NUMA is more compilcated.) -Kame
