Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751255AbWAITzc (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Jan 2006 14:55:32 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751264AbWAITzc (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Jan 2006 14:55:32 -0500 Received: from fmr15.intel.com ([192.55.52.69]:21725 "EHLO fmsfmr005.fm.intel.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751255AbWAITzb convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Jan 2006 14:55:31 -0500 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5.7226.0 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Subject: RE: [patch 2/2] add x86-64 support for memory hot-add Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 11:55:11 -0800 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: [patch 2/2] add x86-64 support for memory hot-add Thread-Index: AcYVMsbswUoGyIFLT0eK7vob0QjQ0gAIzZZA From: "Tolentino, Matthew E" To: "Andi Kleen" , "Matt Tolentino" Cc: , , , X-OriginalArrivalTime: 09 Jan 2006 19:55:13.0348 (UTC) FILETIME=[9AB3C040:01C61556] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1262 Lines: 31 Andi Kleen wrote: > On Monday 09 January 2006 16:21, Matt Tolentino wrote: >> Add x86-64 specific memory hot-add functions, Kconfig options, >> and runtime kernel page table update functions to make >> hot-add usable on x86-64 machines. Also, fixup the nefarious >> conditional locking and exports pointed out by Andi. > > I'm trying to stabilize my tree for the 2.6.16 submission right now > and this one comes a bit too late and is a bit too involved > to slip through - sorry. I will consider it after Linus > has merged the whole batch of changes for 2.6.16 - so hopefully > in 2.6.17. > >> +/* >> + * Memory hotplug specific functions >> + * These are only for non-NUMA machines right now. > > How much work would it be to allow it for NUMA kernels too? I've looked at it in the past, but haven't pursued it to date, nor have I quantified the work involved. The reason for the this approach thus far has been to enable machines that support hot-add today...which are non-NUMA. matt - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/