linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] resource: Make it possible to reserve memory on 64bit platform

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Date:   Mon, 11 Jan 2021 18:24:35 +0100
From:   David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
To:     Wesley Zhao <zhaowei1102@...ndersoft.com>,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:     andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com, keescook@...omium.org,
        tglx@...utronix.de, kerneldev@...smulder.nl, nivedita@...m.mit.edu,
        joe@...ches.com, gpiccoli@...onical.com, aquini@...hat.com,
        gustavoars@...nel.org, ojeda@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dan.j.williams@...el.com,
        guohanjun@...wei.com, mchehab+huawei@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] resource: Make it possible to reserve memory on 64bit
 platform

On 11.01.21 17:33, Wesley Zhao wrote:
> From: "Wesley.Zhao" <zhaowei1102@...ndersoft.com>
> 
> For now "reserve=" is limitied to 32bit,not available on 64bit
> platform,so we change the get_option() to get_option_ull(added in
> patch: commit 4b6bfe96265e ("lib/cmdline: add new function
> get_option_ull()"))

Curious, what's the target use case? (did not receive a cover letter,
maybe it's buried in there)

-- 
Thanks,

David / dhildenb