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powerpc-utils package

  1. Yakkety (16.10)
  2. Bug #1696434
  3. Comment #4

Comment 4 for bug 1696434

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Amartey Pearson (apearson) wrote :

Looking at the diff, it appears you brought in:

0005-in-kernel-dlpar.patch
Subject: [PATCH] drmgr: Start using in-kernel DLPAR functionality for
 cpu/memory

I believe you'll need to bring in the following as well:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/powerpc-utils-devel/LkrB6tIvs_Y
[PATCH] drmgr: Disable use of in-kernel cpu hotplug

It appears that CPU hotplug is not enabled in the stock 4.4 kernel, so without that second commit CPU hotplug will fail with this new package.