Re: [PATCH]Timer list init is done AFTER use

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> The boot cpu is set online extremely late. Strangely late. Why
> is this?
>
> How about something like the below? We mark the boot cpu
> online in generic code as soon as it has initialised its per-cpu
> storage (seems appropriate?)

I seem to recall some related problem with the topology stuff ...
anyway, I tested your patch on a 16-way NUMA-Q and it works just fine.
Thanks for fixing that up ....

> This will then allow that cpu to actually start calling into console
> drivers, if they have been registered. If those drivers do a mod_timer()
> (as the vga console does) then that will work OK.

Would be nice to shift generic console_init earlier, if that's what
you're implying, but we still need early_printk for setup_arch.

M.

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