linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 6/6] sparc64: use early

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Message-Id: <20100310.133035.84824445.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:30:35 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	yinghai@...nel.org
Cc:	mingo@...e.hu, tglx@...utronix.de, hpa@...or.com,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 6/6] sparc64: use early_res and nobootmem

From: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:24:27 -0800

> use early_res/fw_memmap to replace lmb, so could use early_res replace bootme
> later.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>

Why?  What does early_res/fw_memmap do that lmb cannot?
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