On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:45:41 -0700 "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > single CPU is soooo last decade ;-) > > But seriously I no longer have systems that aren't dual core or SMT > > in some form... > > OK, I will ask the stupid question... > > Why not delay bringing up the non-boot CPUs until later in boot? that'd be throwing out the baby with the bathwater... I'm trying to use the other cpus to do some of the boot work (so that the total goes faster); not using the other cpus would be counter productive to that. (As is just sitting in synchronize_rcu() when the other cpu is working.. hence this discussion ;-) -- Arjan van de Ven Intel Open Source Technology Centre For development, discussion and tips for power savings, visit http://www.lesswatts.org -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-input" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
