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Message-ID: <4B9818CE.7090809@kernel.org> Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:10:22 -0800 From: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org> To: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> 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 On 03/10/2010 01:36 PM, David Miller wrote: > From: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org> > Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:34:01 -0800 > >> On 03/10/2010 01:33 PM, David Miller wrote: >>> From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> >>> Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:30:35 -0800 (PST) >>> >>>> 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? >> >> try to remove bootmem layer. > > And LMB cannot fill this void with some minor modifications? early_res array could be increased automatically... could be something like: keep lmb.memory part, and use early_res for reserved parts... maybe could try to make fw_memmap.c more simple. Yinghai -- 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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