Re: [PATCH] Move dmi_scan_machine() call ealier

2007-11-07 Thread Simon Horman
On Wed, Nov 07, 2007 at 09:40:29AM -0700, Alex Williamson wrote: > > On Wed, 2007-11-07 at 08:30 -0800, Luck, Tony wrote: > > > Thanks for the review Simon. Is the patch below more like what > > > you're thinking? I agree that check_bugs doesn't initial seem like the > > > most appropriate pla

Re: [PATCH] Move dmi_scan_machine() call ealier

2007-11-07 Thread Simon Horman
On Wed, Nov 07, 2007 at 08:14:19AM -0700, Alex Williamson wrote: > > On Wed, 2007-11-07 at 16:15 +0900, Simon Horman wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 10:31:07AM -0700, Alex Williamson wrote: > > > > > >I'd like to move our call to dmi_scan_machine up earlier in the boot > > > process so tha

RE: [PATCH] Move dmi_scan_machine() call ealier

2007-11-07 Thread Alex Williamson
On Wed, 2007-11-07 at 08:30 -0800, Luck, Tony wrote: > > Thanks for the review Simon. Is the patch below more like what > > you're thinking? I agree that check_bugs doesn't initial seem like the > > most appropriate place to setup DMI, but think about what DMI is > > typically used for in the

RE: [PATCH] Move dmi_scan_machine() call ealier

2007-11-07 Thread Luck, Tony
> Thanks for the review Simon. Is the patch below more like what > you're thinking? I agree that check_bugs doesn't initial seem like the > most appropriate place to setup DMI, but think about what DMI is > typically used for in the kernel. Then re-name check_bugs() to something more suited to

RE: [PATCH] XPC heartbeat timer function must run on CPU 0

2007-11-07 Thread Luck, Tony
> Currently, XPC's heartbeat timer function runs on whatever CPU modprobe/insmod > ran on when XPC was started. To avoid the heartbeat from being delayed for > long periods the timer function must run on CPU 0. Does Altix allow hot remove of cpu0? If so, then you have a problem. -Tony - To unsub

Re: [PATCH] Move dmi_scan_machine() call ealier

2007-11-07 Thread Alex Williamson
On Wed, 2007-11-07 at 16:15 +0900, Simon Horman wrote: > On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 10:31:07AM -0700, Alex Williamson wrote: > > > >I'd like to move our call to dmi_scan_machine up earlier in the boot > > process so that we can take advantage of a DMI hook, called out of > > acpi_early_init, to

[PATCH] XPC heartbeat timer function must run on CPU 0

2007-11-07 Thread Dean Nelson
Currently, XPC's heartbeat timer function runs on whatever CPU modprobe/insmod ran on when XPC was started. To avoid the heartbeat from being delayed for long periods the timer function must run on CPU 0. Signed-off-by: Dean Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Index: linux-2.6/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/xpc_mai

Re: [PATCH 1/9] ia64: VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING (accurate cpu time accounting)

2007-11-07 Thread Kenji Kaneshige
I did run the kernel some more today and noticed some odd "hangs". Some processes seemed to get stuck for many seconds and then continued again. Didn't have time to try and track what was happening. Have you seem snything like this? I've encountered the similar phenomenon several times. I hav

Re: [patch] ia64: remove per_cpu_offset()

2007-11-07 Thread Simon Horman
On Wed, Nov 07, 2007 at 02:55:24PM +0800, Luming Yu wrote: > NAK for now. > > I'm trying to add lockdep , so please don't delete it until it could > be proved really useless... > Please don't hurry... Ok, in that case I Re-ack your typo fix patch. Sorry for the noise. -- Horms H: http://www.v