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On 08/01/2013 09:32 PM, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 01:37:47PM -0500, Nathan Fontenot wrote:
>> When doing memory hot add via the 'probe' interface in sysfs we do not
>> need to loop through and add memory one section at a time. I think this
>> was originally done for powerpc, but is not needed. This patch removes
>> the loop and just calls add_memory for all of the memory to be added.
> 
> Looks like memory hot add is supported on ia64, x86, sh, powerpc and
> s390. Have you tested on any?

I have tested on powerpc. I would love to say I tested on the other
platforms... but I haven't.  I should be able to get a x86 box to test
on but the other architectures may not be possible.

-Nathan