On Tue, 5 Nov 2013 12:20:29 +0200 Vasilis Liaskovitis <vasilis.liaskovitis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: [...] > > > > This issue may require a kernel fix alternatively or additionally to the seabios > > > > fix: The kernel can save the originally parsed SRAT entry info somewhere before > > > > it resets it at hot-remove time, and use that info on hot-plug time if the _PXM > > > > value is missing for the hot-plugged CPU BIOS object. This way CPU hot-plug > > > > works well against a BIOS with no CPU _PXM info. > > > > To support CPU hotplug, seabios needs to implement _PXM to CPU or its > > parent device object when the system has multiple nodes. BTW: may we should compare linux behavior with Windows's one. usually MS implements ACPI spec more strictly. > ok, so no linux kernel changes are needed. Only adding PXM to seabios CPUs > objects should be enough, which is what this RFC patch does. > > thanks, > > - Vasilis > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > SeaBIOS mailing list > SeaBIOS@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.seabios.org/mailman/listinfo/seabios -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
