Messages in this thread | | | Subject | RE: [patch 2/2] add x86-64 support for memory hot-add | Date | Mon, 9 Jan 2006 11:55:11 -0800 | From | "Tolentino, Matthew E" <> |
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Andi Kleen <mailto:ak@suse.de> 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.
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