On Mon, Jan 29, 2024 at 01:03:54PM +0000, Jonathan Cameron wrote: > I poked this on x86 - it only applies with hotplug enabled anyway so > same result as doing the hotplug later - All possible Processor() entries > already exist in DSDT. Hence this isn't the source of the mysterious > broken configuration. > > If anyone does poke this path, the old discussion between James > and Salil provides some instructions (mostly the thread is about > another issue). > https://op-lists.linaro.org/archives/list/linaro-open-discussions@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/thread/DNAGB2FB5ALVLV2BYWYOCLKGNF77PNXS/ > > Also on x86 a test involving smp 2,max-cpus=4 and adding cpu-id 3 > (so skipping 2) doesn't boot. (this is without Salil's QEMU patches). > I guess there are some well known rules in there that I don't know about > and QEMU isn't preventing people shooting themselves in the foot. > > As I'm concerned, drop this patch. > If there are platforms out there doing this wrong they'll surface once > we get this into more test farms (so linux-next). If we need this > 'fix' we can apply it when we have a problem firmware to point at. Now dropped. -- RMK's Patch system: https://www.armlinux.org.uk/developer/patches/ FTTP is here! 80Mbps down 10Mbps up. Decent connectivity at last!
