* Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Ingo, > > On Mon, 22 Mar 2010, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > > > ( Cc:-ed Andrew and Linus as this is a general design/policy matter wrt. > > memory management. ) > > > > * David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > From: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:28:38 -0700 > > > > > > >> > > > >> That action means you absolutely don't value our feedback at all. > > > > > > > > [PATCH 01/20] x86: add find_e820_area_node > > > > is addressing your concern that early_res didn't handle memory cross the nodes problem. > > > > > > Now I know that you _REALLY_ aren't listening to us. > > > [ He has done a bit more than just to simply listen: he seems to > > have written a patch which he thinks is addressing the concerns you > > pointed out. It might not be the response you wished for (and it > > might be inadequate) for but it sure gives me the impression of him > > listening to you - unless by 'listening' you mean 'follow my exact > > opinion without argument'. ] > > I tend to disagree. Fixing the bug pointed out by Dave is not really a > good argument about listening. > > The main point is that there is still no answer why lmb cannot be used and > the reposted patch still is a full move of the x86 e820 functions into > kernel/fw_memmap.c. > > That's not a generalization, that's simply a relocation of x86 code to > kernel/. And I agree with Dave and Ben that this is an useless exercise. ok - i think you are right. Yinghai, mind having a look at using lib/lmb.c for all this? Ingo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-arch" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
