Re: powerpc: remove the smt-enabled kernel parameter

2014-12-03 Thread Michael Ellerman
On Wed, 2014-03-12 at 13:58:13 UTC, Greg Kurz wrote: > This parameter basically leaves unwanted cpus executing in firmware or > wherever they happen to be. This is a hack that shoudn't be used in a > production environment. > > It also has an evil side effect on the split-core feature for powernv.

[PATCH] powerpc: remove the smt-enabled kernel parameter

2014-12-03 Thread Greg Kurz
This parameter basically leaves unwanted cpus executing in firmware or wherever they happen to be. This is a hack that shoudn't be used in a production environment. It also has an evil side effect on the split-core feature for powernv. The code needs all the cpus to participate to the split mode u