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diff --git a/Documentation/memory-hotplug.txt b/Documentation/memory-hotplug.txt index f304edb8fbe7..45134dc23854 100644 --- a/Documentation/memory-hotplug.txt +++ b/Documentation/memory-hotplug.txt | |||
@@ -209,15 +209,12 @@ If memory device is found, memory hotplug code will be called. | |||
209 | 209 | ||
210 | 4.2 Notify memory hot-add event by hand | 210 | 4.2 Notify memory hot-add event by hand |
211 | ------------ | 211 | ------------ |
212 | On powerpc, the firmware does not notify a memory hotplug event to the kernel. | 212 | On some architectures, the firmware may not notify the kernel of a memory |
213 | Therefore, "probe" interface is supported to notify the event to the kernel. | 213 | hotplug event. Therefore, the memory "probe" interface is supported to |
214 | This interface depends on CONFIG_ARCH_MEMORY_PROBE. | 214 | explicitly notify the kernel. This interface depends on |
215 | 215 | CONFIG_ARCH_MEMORY_PROBE and can be configured on powerpc, sh, and x86 | |
216 | CONFIG_ARCH_MEMORY_PROBE is supported on powerpc only. On x86, this config | 216 | if hotplug is supported, although for x86 this should be handled by ACPI |
217 | option is disabled by default since ACPI notifies a memory hotplug event to | 217 | notification. |
218 | the kernel, which performs its hotplug operation as the result. Please | ||
219 | enable this option if you need the "probe" interface for testing purposes | ||
220 | on x86. | ||
221 | 218 | ||
222 | Probe interface is located at | 219 | Probe interface is located at |
223 | /sys/devices/system/memory/probe | 220 | /sys/devices/system/memory/probe |