A: This is what you would need in your kernel code to receive notifications.
#include <linux/cpu.h>
- static int __cpuinit foobar_cpu_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb,
- unsigned long action, void *hcpu)
+ static int foobar_cpu_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb,
+ unsigned long action, void *hcpu)
{
unsigned int cpu = (unsigned long)hcpu;
return NOTIFY_OK;
}
- static struct notifier_block __cpuinitdata foobar_cpu_notifer =
+ static struct notifier_block foobar_cpu_notifer =
{
.notifier_call = foobar_cpu_callback,
};
CPUs in MADT as hotpluggable CPUS. In the case there are no disabled CPUS
we assume 1/2 the number of CPUs currently present can be hotplugged.
- Caveat: Today's ACPI MADT can only provide 256 entries since the apicid field
- in MADT is only 8 bits.
+ Caveat: ACPI MADT can only provide 256 entries in systems with only ACPI 2.0c
+ or earlier ACPI version supported, because the apicid field in MADT is only
+ 8 bits. From ACPI 3.0, this limitation was removed since the apicid field
+ was extended to 32 bits with x2APIC introduced.
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