linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/4] hugetlb: add hugepages

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Date:	Fri, 21 Feb 2014 20:31:11 -0800
From:	Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr@...com>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	Luiz Capitulino <lcapitulino@...hat.com>, mtosatti@...hat.com,
	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	isimatu.yasuaki@...fujitsu.com, yinghai@...nel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] hugetlb: add hugepages_node= command-line option

On Sat, 2014-02-22 at 05:03 +0100, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > But I think it would be better if it made hugepages= and hugepagesz=
> > obsolete, so we can emit a printk if people use those, telling them
> > to migrate because the old options are going away.
> 
> Not sure why everyone wants to break existing systems. These options
> have existed for many years, you cannot not just remove them.
> 
> Also the old options are totally fine and work adequately for the
> vast majority of users who do not need to control node assignment
> fine grained.

Yes, please, why can't both options just coexist.

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