[coyotos-dev] SMP Patch 1

[Valerio Bellizzomi]

On 25/10/2007, at 7.53, Jonathan S. Shapiro wrote:

>On Thu, 2007-10-25 at 02:08 +0200, Valerio Bellizzomi wrote:
>
>> This is a fantastic thing if it is possible to reboot APs while
running.
>
>Why?
>
>Power management, sure, but why else?

Well, energy saving alone is a sufficiently hot topic to have this sort of
power management feature. I have something additional in mind but I am
still elaborating on it.


>
>> What is the exact meaning of IPI ?
>
>IPI = inter-processor interrupt. These are generally handled specially
>to coordinate activities across processors. Example: I need a lock on a
>process that is currently running on another CPU.
>
>
>shap
>
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