Re: [PATCH v5 2/4] pSeries: Add hooks to put the CPU into an appropriate offline state

2009-11-25 Thread Anton Blanchard
Hi Gautham, + call_status = rtas_call(rtas_token(ibm,get-system-parameter), 3, 1, + NULL, + CEDE_LATENCY_TOKEN, + __pa(cede_parameters), + CEDE_LATENCY_PARAM_MAX_LENGTH); +

[PATCH v5 2/4] pSeries: Add hooks to put the CPU into an appropriate offline state

2009-10-29 Thread Gautham R Shenoy
When a CPU is offlined on POWER currently, we call rtas_stop_self() and hand the CPU back to the resource pool. This path is used for DLPAR which will cause a change in the LPAR configuration which will be visible outside. This patch changes the default state a CPU is put into when it is