linux-kernel - Re: Bug: early_pfn_in_nid() called when not early

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Date:	Thu, 14 Dec 2006 10:58:53 +1100
From:	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
To:	Mike Kravetz <kravetz@...ibm.com>
Cc:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, cbe-oss-dev@...abs.org,
	linuxppc-dev@...abs.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org>,
	Michael Kravetz <mkravetz@...ibm.com>, hch@...radead.org,
	Jeremy Kerr <jk@...abs.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Subject: Re: Bug: early_pfn_in_nid() called when not early

Mike Kravetz writes:

> Thanks for the debug work!  Just curious if you really need
> CONFIG_NODES_SPAN_OTHER_NODES defined for your platform?  Can you get
> those types of memory layouts?  If not, an easy/immediate fix for you
> might be to simply turn off the option.

We really need CONFIG_NODES_SPAN_OTHER_NODES for pSeries.  Since we
can build a single kernel binary that runs on both Cell and pSeries,
the Cell code needs to be able to work with that option turned on.

Paul.
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