Jun Koi wrote: > Hi Avi, > > On 6/2/07, Avi Kivity <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Linus Torvalds wrote: >> > Don't send me pull requests like this. And absolutely do NOT send >> them as >> > resends. I just get grumpy. >> > >> > If all the added code had been KVM-only, I might not care. But when >> the >> > bulk of the code touches core files, you had better explain why >> this is so >> > important that it cannot wait for the next merge window. >> >> Ok. This was really wanted by laptop-carrying users, but I guess >> they'll have to wait for 2.6.23. >> > > Could you explain a bit: > > 1) Why CPU hotplug is that important for virtualization? >
It's not specifically important for virtualization. It's a Linux kernel feature, and right now it doesn't work very well when kvm is enabled, and that should be fixed. > 2) Why this patch is wanted by laptop users? CPU hotplug is used by suspend/resume (basically, suspend hot-unplugs all cpus except one an then suspends the machine. Resume hotplugs the cpus back after restarting the devices). -- Do not meddle in the internals of kernels, for they are subtle and quick to panic. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
