linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/21] MIPS memblock: Remove bootmem code and switch to NO

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Date:   Mon, 22 May 2017 15:20:44 +0200
From:   Alexander Sverdlin <alexander.sverdlin@...ia.com>
To:     Serge Semin <fancer.lancer@...il.com>,
        Joshua Kinard <kumba@...too.org>
CC:     Marcin Nowakowski <marcin.nowakowski@...tec.com>,
        <ralf@...ux-mips.org>, <paul.burton@...tec.com>, <rabinv@...s.com>,
        <matt.redfearn@...tec.com>, <james.hogan@...tec.com>,
        <robh+dt@...nel.org>, <frowand.list@...il.com>,
        <Sergey.Semin@...latforms.ru>, <linux-mips@...ux-mips.org>,
        <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/21] MIPS memblock: Remove bootmem code and switch to
 NO_BOOTMEM

Hello Serge,

On 22/05/17 15:03, Serge Semin wrote:
>> I have an SGI Onyx2 and just recently acquired a working SGI Origin 200.  The
>> Onyx2 has NUMA issues yet to be hunted down, but I got ~3 days uptime out of
>> the Origin 200 running compiles before powering it down.  Mainline needs 2-3
>> small patches to make IP27 workable, last I tested.
>>
>> I'd have to look at the IP27 code again and see if I can make sense of what
>> it's doing.  I think it dealt with either setting up memory for an initrd
>> (which I haven't used in over a decade), or it's for the NUMA stuff to discover
>> all memory on each node.
>>
>> -- 
>> Joshua Kinard
>> Gentoo/MIPS
>> kumba@...too.org
>> 6144R/F5C6C943 2015-04-27
>> 177C 1972 1FB8 F254 BAD0 3E72 5C63 F4E3 F5C6 C943
>>
>> "The past tempts us, the present confuses us, the future frightens us.  And our
>> lives slip away, moment by moment, lost in that vast, terrible in-between."
>>
>> --Emperor Turhan, Centauri Republic
> It's great to hear of your willingness to help. Since both Loonson64 and SGI IP27
> problematic architecture-specific code will be appropriately altered, I'll publish
> the fixed general MIPS-memblock patchset within two months. I'll also try to
> involve Ralf in it when I'm ready, so to make sure all my alterations are made
> within kernel arch-code coding style. While I'm working on it, you can still use
> the current patchset for some limited tests.

Please Cc me in this case, I should be able to test on Octeon MIPS64 platform.

-- 
Best regards,
Alexander Sverdlin.