linux-kernel - [PATCH] x86: Remove EXPERIMENTAL restriction from CONFIG_HOTPLUG

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Message-ID: <20080730195831.GA31838@sgi.com>
Date:	Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:58:31 -0500
From:	Dimitri Sivanich <sivanich@....com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Max Krasnyansky <maxk@...lcomm.com>,
	Robert Hancock <hancockr@...w.ca>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Subject: [PATCH] x86: Remove EXPERIMENTAL restriction from CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU

This removes the EXPERIMENTAL restriction from CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU on the x86 architecture.

One question, should we default to 'Y'?

Signed-off-by: Dimitri Sivanich <sivanich@....com>

Index: linux/arch/x86/Kconfig
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/arch/x86/Kconfig	2008-07-30 14:45:16.000000000 -0500
+++ linux/arch/x86/Kconfig	2008-07-30 14:47:54.000000000 -0500
@@ -1365,11 +1365,11 @@ config PHYSICAL_ALIGN
 	  Don't change this unless you know what you are doing.
 
 config HOTPLUG_CPU
-	bool "Support for suspend on SMP and hot-pluggable CPUs (EXPERIMENTAL)"
-	depends on SMP && HOTPLUG && EXPERIMENTAL && !X86_VOYAGER
+	bool "Support for suspend on SMP and hot-pluggable CPUs"
+	depends on SMP && HOTPLUG && !X86_VOYAGER
 	---help---
-	  Say Y here to experiment with turning CPUs off and on, and to
-	  enable suspend on SMP systems. CPUs can be controlled through
+	  Say Y here to allow turning CPUs off and on, and to enable
+	  suspend on SMP systems. CPUs can be controlled through
 	  /sys/devices/system/cpu.
 	  Say N if you want to disable CPU hotplug and don't need to
 	  suspend.
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