On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 01:46:07PM -0800, David Rientjes wrote: >On Sun, 21 Nov 2010, AmÃrico Wang wrote: >> Also, numa=possible= is not as clear as numa=max=, for me at least. >> > >I like name, but it requires that you know how many nodes that system >already has. In other words, numa=possible=4 allows you to specify that 4 >additional nodes will be possible, but initially offline, for this or >other purposes. numa=max=4 would be no-op if the system actually had 4 >nodes. > >I chose numa=possible over numa=additional because it is more clearly tied >to node_possible_map, which is the only thing it modifies. Okay, I thought "possible" means "max", but "possible" means "addtional" here. It's clear for me now. Thanks! -- 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/ . Fight unfair telecom policy in Canada: sign http://dissolvethecrtc.ca/ Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>