Set secondary cpus to shutdown if multitasking returns.

Chris Johns chrisj at rtems.org
Tue Aug 27 07:00:24 UTC 2013


Joel Sherrill wrote:
> Since I have not looked at the code...
>
> How does the scheduler know to ignore these cores?
>

The CPU state does not enter UP. I assume this means the core is not 
available for scheduling. I have not checked the code to make sure this 
happens.

> Does the set of cores with RTEMS need to be contiguous?

I hope not. The state should be the overriding factor here.

>
> Any other assumptions, features, or quirks I should have asked about?
>

Many (he said avoiding the catch all question) ;)

Chris

> Chris Johns<chrisj at rtems.org>  wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Set the state of a secondary cpu to shutdown if multitasking returns.
>
> Chris



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