linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 6/6] sparc64: use early

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Date:	Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:47:17 +1100
From:	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	yinghai@...nel.org, mingo@...e.hu, tglx@...utronix.de,
	hpa@...or.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 6/6] sparc64: use early_res and nobootmem

On Wed, 2010-03-10 at 14:36 -0800, David Miller wrote:
> LMB could do this too with minor modifications.
> 
> Simply make the lmb.memory and lmb.reserved be pointers, and initially
> they point into the static array(s).
> 
> Later the pointers can be repositioned to point to dynamically
> allocated memory.
> 
> So please, for the third time, please show me how LMB with some minor
> modifications is not able to satisfy your needs. 

So I was about to say the exact same stuff here...

Cheers,
Ben.


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