linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2.6.24] mm: BadRAM support for broken memory

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Message-ID: <20080304150501.GA5310@ucw.cz>
Date:	Tue, 4 Mar 2008 16:05:01 +0100
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	Rick van Rein <rick@...rein.org>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, devzero@....de,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.24] mm: BadRAM support for broken memory


> > Please send a patch :-)
> 
> I've been reluctant to quickly mend things because it could lead to
> unstable code.  The patch that I am presenting is mature code, with the
> possible exception of the somewhat newer 64-bit code.  If this list has
> a preference for less mature code that is hardly field-tested, I could
> of course tailor to that.

Clean/small/simple is preferable to 'has been stable for 7 years',
yes.


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