> Hi Ingo-san.
>
> > > Does anyone even
> > > use memory hotplug currently?
> >
> > I don't know.
>
> IBM's powerpc box can memory hot-add/remove by dynamic partitioning.
> And our fujitsu server has memory hot-add feature (Ia-64).
> So, they are concrete user of memory hotplug.
>
> In x86, E8500 chipset has the feature of memory-hotplug.
> (I searched a data-sheet from intel site.)
>
http://download.intel.com/design/chipsets/e8500/datashts/30674501.pdf
> (6.3.8 IMI Hot-Plug)
>
> So, it depends on how many server uses it, I think.