linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -v2] x86: Remove dma32_reserve

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Date:	Tue, 12 Apr 2011 12:25:31 -0700
From:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
To:	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>
Cc:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-pci@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -v2] x86: Remove dma32_reserve_bootmem

On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 10:58 AM, Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org> wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Apr 2011 10:54:14 -0700
> Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org> wrote:
>
>> On 04/12/2011 10:47 AM, Jesse Barnes wrote:
>> > On Tue, 12 Apr 2011 10:20:48 -0700
>> > Yinghai Lu<yinghai@...nel.org>  wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >> That is workaround for holding dma32 buf when early bootmem could use up
>> >> those range on system that have lots of RAM.
>> >>
>> >> Now x86 is using memblock, and even nobootmem wrapper do top-down allocation.
>> >>
>> >> So We could remove those not needed code now.
>> >>
>> >> -v2: rebase on pci-next
>> >>
>> >> Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu<yinghai@...nel.org>
>> >>
>> >
>> > Hm, still didn't apply cleanly, I guess the patch got corrupted.  I
>> > fixed it up by hand and applied to linux-next though, thanks.
>>
>> sorry for that. looks like recent thunderbird upgrade convert TAB to space..
>
> Thanks for checking.  I wonder why every mailer (and some MTAs!) feel
> the need to molest message content so thoroughly...
>

looks like patchwork and LKML have tab instead of spaces.

https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/701342/

https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/4/12/358

also it is very interesting: in thunderbox inbox/send box, some mails
are viewed with TAB as spaces.
but source does have TAB.

Yinghai


Yinghai
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