Re: [discuss] Re: 2.6.13-rc2 with dual way dual core ck804 MB

[Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>]

On Wed, Aug 10, 2005 at 05:23:31PM -0700, yhlu wrote:
> I wonder if you can make the bsp can start the APs callin in the same
> time, and make it asynchronous, So you make spare 2s or more.

The setting of cpu_callin_map in the AP could be moved earlier yes.
But it's not entirely trivial because there are some races to consider.

And the 1s quiet period on the AP could be probably also reduced
on modern systems. I doubt it is needed on Xeons or Opterons.

-Andi
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