Re: [XenPPC] [PATCH] Handshake with secondary processors (take 2)

[Jimi Xenidis <jimix@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Aug 12, 2006, at 5:31 AM, Segher Boessenkool wrote:

> > > Note that the processors on a JS20 are noticably slower to handshake
> > > than those on a JS21.  I had to rid of the hard-coded 1024 timebase
> > > ticks and replace it with calculating five seconds from the timebase
> > > frequency, as the timeout logic was firing on my JS20 blade.
> > What should we do about CPUs that successfully start but take too  
> > long to ack, not sure where they'll end up.
> > This is prolly overkill but perhaps we shoud:
> If it takes more than the proposed 5 secs, why bother -- your
> system is dead anyway ;-)
Hmm.. ok.. I am being parnoid,  I just don't trust the FW guys to  
leave a processor off line that may suck :)
How SLOF make sure the processor is good? does it?

I guess I'm looking for a way to decide that things are bad.

-JX

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