linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] m68k: switch to MEMBLOCK + NO

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Message-ID: <CAMuHMdWOCtrYN4t4y5eucy1juE3L8fkb1PaZ9gJ9a=jMXV+FGQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 18 Jul 2018 13:39:19 +0200
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Mike Rapoport <rppt@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:     Greg Ungerer <gerg@...ux-m68k.org>, Sam Creasey <sammy@...my.net>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>,
        linux-m68k <linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org>,
        Linux MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] m68k: switch to MEMBLOCK + NO_BOOTMEM

Hi Mike,

On Wed, Jul 4, 2018 at 8:28 AM Mike Rapoport <rppt@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> These patches switch m68k boot time memory allocators from bootmem to
> memblock + no_bootmem.
>
> The first two patches update __ffs() and __va() definitions to be inline
> with other arches and asm-generic. This is required to avoid compilation
> warnings in mm/memblock.c and mm/nobootmem.c.
>
> The third patch performs the actual switch of the boot time mm. Its
> changelog has detailed description of the changes.
>
> I've tested the !MMU version with qemu-system-m68k -M mcf5208evb
> and the MMU version with q800 using qemu from [1].
>
> I've also build tested allyesconfig and *_defconfig.
>
> [1] https://github.com/vivier/qemu-m68k.git
>
> v2:
> * fix reservation of the kernel text/data/bss for ColdFire MMU

Boots fine on the real Amiga, too. Let's assume it works on Sun 3 too.
Thanks a lot, applied and queued for v4.19.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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