memory hotplug
# eventually, we can have this option just 'select SPARSEMEM'
config MEMORY_HOTPLUG
bool "Allow for memory hot-add"
depends on SPARSEMEM || X86_64_ACPI_NUMA
depends on HOTPLUG && ARCH_ENABLE_MEMORY_HOTPLUG
depends on (IA64 || X86 || PPC_BOOK3S_64 || SUPERH || S390)
可看出在 linux3.4.5 内核中,arm/mips不支持memory hotplug