* Shaohui Zheng <shaohui.zheng@xxxxxxxxx> [2010-05-13 19:36:30]: > Hi, All > This patchset introduces NUMA hotplug emulator for x86. it refers too > many files and might introduce new bugs, so we send a RFC to comminity first > and expect comments and suggestions, thanks. > > * WHAT IS HOTPLUG EMULATOR > > NUMA hotplug emulator is collectively named for the hotplug emulation > it is able to emulate NUMA Node Hotplug thru a pure software way. It > intends to help people easily debug and test node/cpu/memory hotplug > related stuff on a none-numa-hotplug-support machine, even an UMA machine. > > The emulator provides mechanism to emulate the process of physcial cpu/mem > hotadd, it provides possibility to debug CPU and memory hotplug on the machines > without NUMA support for kenrel developers. It offers an interface for cpu > and memory hotplug test purpose. > Sounds like an interesting project, could you please Post your patches as threaded, ideally having 0/7 to 7/7 in a thread helps track the patches and comments. -- Three Cheers, Balbir -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxx For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>