Hi, Here's a second attempt to be able to run an OCTEON kernel configured with HOTPLUG_CPU on systems with legacy bootloaders that do not support it. Aaro Koskinen (4): MIPS: OCTEON: SMP: delete redundant check MIPS: OCTEON: watchdog: don't jump to bootloader without entry address MIPS: OCTEON: support disabling HOTPLUG_CPU run-time MIPS: OCTEON: disable HOTPLUG_CPU if the bootloader version is incorrect arch/mips/cavium-octeon/smp.c | 23 +++++++------- drivers/watchdog/octeon-wdt-main.c | 62 +++++++++++++++++++++----------------- 2 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-) -- 2.0.0