On Wed, 7 Jun 2006 05:33:05 -0700 "Tolentino, Matthew E" <matthew.e.tolentino at intel.com> wrote: > > x86_64 uses ACPI to do memory hotplug on real platforms that support it. > > I actually included the probe file for x86_64 way-back-when for > convenience, > so you'll find it there. Of the x86 platforms that I know that also > support > memory hot-plug, they also use ACPI - however, these systems are x86-64 > as well, so usually they aren't running 32-bit, but 64-bit. x86 doesn't > > include probe file, but you could easily add it as someone else > (Kame-san?) > pointed out. Good luck... > yes, adding probe is much more easier than adding acpi emulation :) I had to do so for testing acpi because our new test hardware is not always available. -Kame
