Implementing hot plug CPUs is relatively easy [as long as the user doesn't
try and idle out ALL the processors ~:^) ]. Implementing hot plug memory
boards is a different story.
a
Markus Pfeiffer wrote:
> Ok, when one looks at it that way, that a few people mentioned here ( 64
> way NUMA Systems etc ... )
> Its a most welcome feature ... I never thought of it that way.
> There should also be a certain degree of hardware support for this.
>
> One could supervise the fan-speed and the temp of a PIII and if the
> fan-speed drops ore the tempreature rises too high for some obscure
> reason , one could give a warning message and
> auto unmount the cpu... and if its the only CPU, perhaps do a "suspend
> to disk" - and let the user see what happened ...
> I don´t know how this is on "bigger" "better" "more" machines like IBMs
> Mainframes or other HA or high performance
> systems, but I´m willing to learn ... PLEASE tell me!!
>
> Markus
>
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>
> profmakx.fmp@gmx.de
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