* Dave Hansen <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [2010-10-03 11:11:01]: > On Sun, 2010-10-03 at 13:07 -0500, Robin Holt wrote: > > On Sun, Oct 03, 2010 at 11:25:00PM +0530, Balbir Singh wrote: > > > * Nathan Fontenot <nfont@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [2010-10-01 13:35:54]: > > > > > > > Define a version of memory_block_size_bytes() for powerpc/pseries such that > > > > a memory block spans an entire lmb. > > > > > > I hope I am not missing anything obvious, but why not just call it > > > lmb_size, why do we need memblock_size? > > > > > > Is lmb_size == memblock_size after your changes true for all > > > platforms? > > > > What is an lmb? I don't recall anything like lmb being referred to in > > the rest of the kernel. > > Heh. It's the OpenFirmware name for a Logical Memory Block. Basically > what we use to determine the SECTION_SIZE on powerpc. Probably not the > best terminology to use elsewhere in the kernel. Agreed for the kernel, this patch was for powerpc/pseries, hence was checking in this context. -- Three Cheers, Balbir -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxx For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>