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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/memory-hotplug.txt | 16 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/Kconfig | 6 |
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/memory-hotplug.txt b/Documentation/memory-hotplug.txt index 8e5eacbdcfa3..8fd254c73589 100644 --- a/Documentation/memory-hotplug.txt +++ b/Documentation/memory-hotplug.txt @@ -210,13 +210,15 @@ If memory device is found, memory hotplug code will be called. 4.2 Notify memory hot-add event by hand ------------ -In some environments, especially virtualized environment, firmware will not -notify memory hotplug event to the kernel. For such environment, "probe" -interface is supported. This interface depends on CONFIG_ARCH_MEMORY_PROBE. - -Now, CONFIG_ARCH_MEMORY_PROBE is supported only by powerpc but it does not -contain highly architecture codes. Please add config if you need "probe" -interface. +On powerpc, the firmware does not notify a memory hotplug event to the kernel. +Therefore, "probe" interface is supported to notify the event to the kernel. +This interface depends on CONFIG_ARCH_MEMORY_PROBE. + +CONFIG_ARCH_MEMORY_PROBE is supported on powerpc only. On x86, this config +option is disabled by default since ACPI notifies a memory hotplug event to +the kernel, which performs its hotplug operation as the result. Please +enable this option if you need the "probe" interface for testing purposes +on x86. Probe interface is located at /sys/devices/system/memory/probe diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig index b32ebf92b0ce..2f9d95775d27 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig @@ -1344,8 +1344,12 @@ config ARCH_SELECT_MEMORY_MODEL depends on ARCH_SPARSEMEM_ENABLE config ARCH_MEMORY_PROBE - def_bool y + bool "Enable sysfs memory/probe interface" depends on X86_64 && MEMORY_HOTPLUG + help + This option enables a sysfs memory/probe interface for testing. + See Documentation/memory-hotplug.txt for more information. + If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N. config ARCH_PROC_KCORE_TEXT def_bool y |