Re: What is use of apply_alternative function from alternative.c

[Pritam Bankar <pritambankar1988@xxxxxxxxx>]

Jim ,

Is it a boot time process ? Can I switch to smp mode in running kernel?

On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 2:27 PM, Pritam Bankar <pritambankar1988@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Thanks Andrew , Jim

On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 8:40 PM, Andrew Case <atcuno@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

The feature is called SMP alternatives. See if this articles helps
you: http://lwn.net/Articles/164121/

On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 8:54 AM, Pritam Bankar
<pritambankar1988@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
> Cal anyone help me in understanding alternative.c file from Linux source
> code.
> I want to learn function apply_alternative. AFAIK this code applies better
> replacement to instruction set used by processor.
> But I am not sure what exactly it is doing ?
>
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> Pritam Bankar
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