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Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:02:04 -0600 From: Kumar Gala <galak@...nel.crashing.org> To: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> Cc: linuxppc-dev@...abs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, sparclinux@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v2][POWERPC] Fix initial lmb add region with a non-zero base On Feb 19, 2008, at 6:30 PM, David Miller wrote: > From: Kumar Gala <galak@...nel.crashing.org> > Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:51:37 -0600 (CST) > >> If we add to an empty lmb region with a non-zero base we will not >> coalesce >> the number of regions down to one. This causes problems on ppc32 >> for the >> memory region as its assumed to only have one region. >> >> We can fix this easily by causing the initial add to replace the >> dummy >> region. >> >> Signed-off-by: Kumar Gala <galak@...nel.crashing.org> >> --- >> >> Fix a bug the initial patch introduced if we have a region that >> gets added >> at the beginning of the list we wouldn't actually add it. >> >> Dave can you replace the patch in you tree with this one. > > I think my tree has already or will soon be pulled in so > I don't want to rebase it. > > Why don't you simply send me the relative bug fix instead? np. Are we trying to get this into 2.6.25 or .26? - k -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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