linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drivers/base: export gpl (un)register_memory

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Message-Id: <1202745883.8276.5.camel@nimitz.home.sr71.net>
Date:	Mon, 11 Feb 2008 08:04:43 -0800
From:	Dave Hansen <haveblue@...ibm.com>
To:	Jan-Bernd Themann <ossthema@...ibm.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-ppc <linuxppc-dev@...abs.org>,
	Thomas Klein <osstklei@...ibm.com>,
	"Themann, Jan-Bernd" <themann@...ibm.com>,
	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, Christoph Raisch <RAISCH@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers/base: export gpl (un)register_memory_notifier

On Mon, 2008-02-11 at 16:57 +0100, Jan-Bernd Themann wrote:
> Drivers like eHEA need memory notifiers in order to 
> update their internal DMA memory map when memory is added
> to or removed from the system.

Could you post this with the new users as well so we can make sure
they're not abusing this in some way?

-- Dave

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