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    [PATCH] x86: make CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU depend on !X86_PC · d3f4aaa3
    Ashok Raj authored
    Make CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU depend on !X86_PC, so we need to turn on either
    CONFIG_GENERICARCH, CONFIG_BIGSMP or any other subarch except X86_PC when
    CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU=y
    
    With 2.6.15+ kernels when CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU is turned on we switch to
    bigsmp mode for sending IPI's and ioapic configurations that caused the
    following error message.
    
    >> More than 8 CPUs detected and CONFIG_X86_PC cannot handle it.
    >> Use CONFIG_X86_GENERICARCH or CONFIG_X86_BIGSMP.
    
    Originally bigsmp was added just to handle >8 cpus, but now with hotplug
    cpu support we need to use bigsmp mode (why?  see below), that cause the
    above error message even if there were less than 8 cpus in the system.
    
    The message is bogus, but we are cannot use logical flat mode due to issues
    with broadcast IPI can confuse a CPU just comming up.  We use flat physical
    mode just like x86_64 case.  More details on why bigsmp now uses flat
    physical mode (vs.  cluster mode) in following link.
    
    http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=113261865814107&w=2Signed-off-by: default avatarAshok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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