From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Keshavamurthy Anil S Subject: Re: ACPI hot-plug notification help needed Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2005 14:41:46 -0700 Message-ID: <20050803144143.A5422@unix-os.sc.intel.com> References: <200507251735.23394.bjorn.helgaas@hp.com> <200508031427.11057.bjorn.helgaas@hp.com> <20050803135511.B5010@unix-os.sc.intel.com> <200508031513.30570.bjorn.helgaas@hp.com> Reply-To: Keshavamurthy Anil S Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200508031513.30570.bjorn.helgaas-VXdhtT5mjnY@public.gmane.org>; from bjorn.helgaas-VXdhtT5mjnY@public.gmane.org on Wed, Aug 03, 2005 at 03:13:30PM -0600 Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: Bjorn Helgaas Cc: Keshavamurthy Anil S , naveen.b.s-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org, acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Aug 03, 2005 at 03:13:30PM -0600, Bjorn Helgaas wrote: > On Wednesday 03 August 2005 2:55 pm, Keshavamurthy Anil S wrote: > > Once we have the > > core ACPI changes done, we need to clean up the affected drivers > > and all of this has to get comitted at once. This is going to be > > a huge efforts in terms of testing:-) > > Better now than later then, I guess. As far as I can see, this > affects acpi_memhotplug, container, processor_core, and acpiphp. > Are these widely used yet? Do distros support them? These drivers > seem fairly immature, so I'm curious about why the testing should > be so onerous. Not sure about any distros specifically enabling this stuff but some of the code are common for boot path too, hence our changes affect lots of system. If we don't have any complains booting then that is more than 80% coverage and rest 20% is specifically targetting the hotplug path for CPU, Memory and Rootbridge. Cheers, -Anil ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf