linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 03/10] mm/migrate: update node demotion order during on hotplug events

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Message-ID: <20210412071936.GA27818@linux>
Date:   Mon, 12 Apr 2021 09:19:41 +0200
From:   Oscar Salvador <osalvador@...e.de>
To:     David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
Cc:     Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, shy828301@...il.com,
        weixugc@...gle.com, rientjes@...gle.com, ying.huang@...el.com,
        dan.j.williams@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/10] mm/migrate: update node demotion order during on
 hotplug events

On Fri, Apr 09, 2021 at 08:59:21PM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote:
 
> The only way to add more System RAM is via add_memory() and friends like
> add_memory_driver_managed(). These all require CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG.

Yeah, my point was more towards whether PMEM can come in a way that it does
not have to be hotplugged, but come functional by default (as RAM).
But after having read all papers out there, I do not think that it is possible.

-- 
Oscar Salvador
SUSE L3