linux-kernel - Re: [patch 01/28] cpu alloc: The allocator

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0711131339240.3714@schroedinger.engr.sgi.com>
Date:	Tue, 13 Nov 2007 13:40:19 -0800 (PST)
From:	Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-mm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dada1@...mosbay.com,
	schwidefsky@...ibm.com
Subject: Re: [patch 01/28] cpu alloc: The allocator

On Tue, 13 Nov 2007, David Miller wrote:

> One thing you could do is simply use a vmalloc allocation in the
> non-virtualized case.

Yuck. Meaning to add more crappy code. The bss limitations to 8M is a bit 
strange though. Do other platforms have the same issues? 
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