Re: [PATCH] powerpc: ONLINE to OFFLINE CPU state transition during removal

2010-08-05 Thread Vaidyanathan Srinivasan
* Nathan Fontenot [2010-07-26 14:13:35]: > On 07/22/2010 11:13 PM, Vaidyanathan Srinivasan wrote: > > * Robert Jennings [2010-07-22 21:43:44]: > > > >> If a CPU remove is attempted using the 'release' interface on hardware > >> which supports extended cede, the CPU will be put in the INACTIVE s

Re: [PATCH] powerpc: ONLINE to OFFLINE CPU state transition during removal

2010-07-26 Thread Nathan Fontenot
On 07/22/2010 11:13 PM, Vaidyanathan Srinivasan wrote: > * Robert Jennings [2010-07-22 21:43:44]: > >> If a CPU remove is attempted using the 'release' interface on hardware >> which supports extended cede, the CPU will be put in the INACTIVE state >> rather than the OFFLINE state due to the defa

Re: [PATCH] powerpc: ONLINE to OFFLINE CPU state transition during removal

2010-07-22 Thread Vaidyanathan Srinivasan
* Robert Jennings [2010-07-22 21:43:44]: > If a CPU remove is attempted using the 'release' interface on hardware > which supports extended cede, the CPU will be put in the INACTIVE state > rather than the OFFLINE state due to the default preferred_offline_state > in that situation. In the INACT

[PATCH] powerpc: ONLINE to OFFLINE CPU state transition during removal

2010-07-22 Thread Robert Jennings
If a CPU remove is attempted using the 'release' interface on hardware which supports extended cede, the CPU will be put in the INACTIVE state rather than the OFFLINE state due to the default preferred_offline_state in that situation. In the INACTIVE state it will fail to be removed. This patch c