linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] support for broken memory modules (BadRAM)

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Message-ID: <20110622182445.GG3263@one.firstfloor.org>
Date:	Wed, 22 Jun 2011 20:24:45 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Stefan Assmann <sassmann@...nic.de>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tony.luck@...el.com,
	andi@...stfloor.org, mingo@...e.hu, hpa@...or.com,
	rick@...rein.org, rdunlap@...otime.net,
	Nancy Yuen <yuenn@...gle.com>,
	Michael Ditto <mditto@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] support for broken memory modules (BadRAM)

> So.  What are your thoughts on these issues?

Sounds orthogonal to me. You have to crawl before you walk.

A better way to pass in the data would be nice, but can be always
added on top (e.g. some EFI environment variable) 

For a first try a command line argument is quite
appropiate and simple enough.

A check for removing too much memory would be nice though,
although it's just a choice between panicing early or later.

-Andi

-- 
ak@...ux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only.
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