Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH][RESUBMIT] add dom0 vcpu hotplug control

* Christian Limpach <christian.limpach@xxxxxxxxx> [2005-06-21 09:11]:
> On 6/14/05, Ryan Harper <ryanh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > * Ryan Harper <ryanh@xxxxxxxxxx> [2005-06-07 17:05]:
> > > This patch adds new control messages for vcpu hotplug events.  Via the
> > > xm vcpu_hotplug sub-program, VCPUS in domains can be enabled/disabled
> > > when CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU is enabled in the target domain's kernel.
> > >
> > 
> > Updated this patch to use vcpu_to_cpu up/down info to control whether
> > state changes are sent when hotplugging vcpus.
> 
> I've applied both patches.  I think there's a flaw in the way how
> vcpu_to_cpu gets passed up to python, the -1 -> # hack is kind of
> gross and it won't work for cpus > 9?
> 
> Also the whole hotplug stuff is still missing interrupt re-routing
> when a vcpu is taken down.  To do this, we need an evtchn operation to
> change the vcpu affinity of a port by changing notify_vcpu_id.

OK,  I'll take a look and address the issues.  

Thanks.

-- 
Ryan Harper
Software Engineer; Linux Technology Center
IBM Corp., Austin, Tx
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