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

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Message-ID: <4B9832FF.9010004@kernel.org>
Date:	Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:02:07 -0800
From:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
To:	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
CC:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, 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 03:47 PM, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-03-10 at 14:36 -0800, David Miller wrote:
>> LMB could do this too with minor modifications.
>>
>> Simply make the lmb.memory and lmb.reserved be pointers, and initially
>> they point into the static array(s).
>>
>> Later the pointers can be repositioned to point to dynamically
>> allocated memory.
>>
>> So please, for the third time, please show me how LMB with some minor
>> modifications is not able to satisfy your needs. 
> 
> So I was about to say the exact same stuff here...
> 
let see:
1. if early_res + fw_memmap could be simplified...
2. or let x86 to use lmb instead of early_res,then add more to lmb.

YH
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