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[linux-2.6.git] / Documentation / cpu-hotplug.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt b/Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt
index bc107cb..1bcf699 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt
@@ -251,24 +251,16 @@ A: This is what you would need in your kernel code to receive notifications.
                return NOTIFY_OK;
        }
 
-       static struct notifier_block __cpuinitdata foobar_cpu_notifer =
+       static struct notifier_block foobar_cpu_notifer =
        {
           .notifier_call = foobar_cpu_callback,
        };
 
-You need to call register_cpu_notifier() from your init function.
-Init functions could be of two types:
-1. early init (init function called when only the boot processor is online).
-2. late init (init function called _after_ all the CPUs are online).
 
-For the first case, you should add the following to your init function
+In your init function,
 
        register_cpu_notifier(&foobar_cpu_notifier);
 
-For the second case, you should add the following to your init function
-
-       register_hotcpu_notifier(&foobar_cpu_notifier);
-
 You can fail PREPARE notifiers if something doesn't work to prepare resources.
 This will stop the activity and send a following CANCELED event back.