, Pavel Machek wrote: > Hi! > >> hotplug emulator: Abstract cpu register functions >> >> Abstract function arch_register_cpu and register_cpu, move the implementation >> details to a sub function with prefix "__". >> >> each of the sub function has an extra parameter nid, it can be used to register >> CPU under a fake NUMA node, it is a reserved interface for cpu hotplug emulation >> (CPU PROBE/RELEASE) in x86. > > I don't get it. CPU hotplug can already be tested using echo 0/1> > online, and that works on 386. How is this different? It tests a different code path. > It seems to add some numa magic. Why is it important? It tests memory and node hotadd too. Memory/node hotadd is a quite problematic feature and needs all the testing support it can get. -Andi _______________________________________________ linux-pm mailing list linux-pm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-pm
