On 06/24/2011 09:56 AM, Rick van Rein wrote: > Hello, > >> Does it scale? [...] Perhaps we may end up with a composite solution. > > If I had my way, there would be an extension to the e820 format to allow > the BadRAM patterns to be specified. Since the extension with bad page > information is specific to boot loader interaction, this would work in > exactly those cases that are covered by the current situation. > Yes, a different table might be worthwhile. Another question, however, is what does this look like at runtime. In particular, if I'm not mistaken hwpoison will create struct pages for these non-memory pages, which seems undesirable... -hpa -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>