The patch adds a new property "linux,hotpluggable" to memory nodes of the device tree. memory@0 { reg = <0x0 0x01000000 0x0 0x7f000000>; linux,hotpluggable; } Memory areas marked by this property can later be disabled using the hotplugging API. Especially for virtual machines this is a very useful capability. Unfortunately the notation chosen does not fit well with the concept of devicetree overlays which allow to change the devicetree during runtime. I suggest to use the following notation memory@0 { compatible = "linux,hotpluggable-memory"; reg = <0x0 0x01000000 0x0 0x7f000000>; status = "disabled"; } This will allow us to write a device driver that can react to changes of the devicetree made via devicetree overlays. This driver could react to the change of the status between "okay" and "disabled" and update the memory status accordingly. Further we could use devicetree overlays to provide additional hotpluggable memory. The referenced patch has already been pulled for 4.10. But I hope it is not too late for this design change. Best regards Heinrich Schuchardt -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html